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and negative effects for middle household income families. We find similar negative effects on life satisfaction for both … with it higher income, independence and bargaining power. Yet a decrease in women's subjective well-being over previous … men and women, but different effects on satisfaction with work-life balance. This suggests that fathers' life satisfaction …
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the measures of happiness and life satisfaction. Second, someone with high “hedonic” well-being (happiness or life …. For example, marriage, higher income and greater education are associated with greater satisfaction, but also with higher … satisfaction) is likely to have high eudaimonic well-being as well (flourishing, vitality, resilience and functioning). In addition …
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individual well-being is crucial. Internet use yields direct utility and economic returns that may increase life satisfaction … is stronger for individuals who are young or not satisfied with their income. These findings suggest that public policies …
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and negative effects for middle household income families. We find similar negative effects on life satisfaction for both … with it higher income, independence and bargaining power. Yet a decrease in women's subjective well-being over previous … men and women, but different effects on satisfaction with work-life balance. This suggests that fathers' life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784109
There is now a great deal of micro-econometric evidence, both cross-section and panel, showing that income is … positively correlated with well-being. Yet the famous Easterlin paradox shows essentially no change in average happiness at the … measures of utility, and resolve the Easterlin paradox by appealing to income comparisons: these can be to others (social …
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extortion relying on the threat of expropriation and bureaucratic harassment. The bureaucrat's power is characterized by looking … bureaucrat's total revenue from corruption, but it may also increase the risk of expropriation and the extortion bribes paid by …
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This paper argues that mainstream economic the- ory, far from providing an indisputable plea in favor of shareholder value-maximization, o ers striking arguments showing quite the opposite: pro t maximization cannot be a legitimate prioritar- ian goal for private rms. This opens the door for a...
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French liberal economists share a very surprising reading of Bentham's theory. In this paper, we underline the method according to which these French liberal economists in the nineteenth century economists understand Bentham's utilitarianism: they consider that utilitarianism deals with...
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This paper discusses how the economic structure and asset ownership shape economic and political outcomes. Using a simple model of the productive sector, I provide theoretical evidence that complementarities between productive assets reduce the stakes of political competition, and therefore...
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The extraordinary influence of The Problem of Social Cost" is now well acknowledged. Beyond the official recognition coming with the award of the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences as well as the myriad citations, what may matter most, as emphasized by Mary Shirley (2013), is that...
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