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Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …

possibility of discriminating between different models of behavior. This is studied for theories of marriage, which crucially … depend on auxiliary assumptions as to what contributes to well-being in marriage. Both applications are empirically tested …

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Happiness Research: State and Prospects

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …

causality is taken up illustrating it for a particular case, namely whether marriage makes people happy or whether happy people …

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Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …

This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a longitudinal data set … spanning 17 years. We find evidence that more happy singles opt more likely for marriage and that there are large differences … in the benefits from marriage between couples. Potential, as well as actual, division of labor seems to contribute to …

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Does the stork deliver happiness? Parenthood and life satisfaction

Baetschmann, Gregori; Staub, Kevin E.; Studer, Raphael - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012

This paper examines the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction using longitudinal data on women from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Previous studies have focused on satisfaction differences between parents and comparable childless adults, mostly finding small and often negative...

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Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths

Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2003

This paper uses recent data for Germany and a new outcome variable to assess the consequences of parental separation on the well-being of youths. In particular, it is considered how subjective well-being, elicited from an ordinal 11-point general life satisfaction question, differs between...

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Single Motherhood and (Un)Equal EducationalOpportunities: Evidence for Germany

Mahler, Philippe; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2005

We examine the effect of single motherhood on children’s secondary school track choice using 12-year-old children drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. In line with previous studies for the U.S., the U.K. and Sweden, we find a negative correlation between single motherhood and...

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Secondary School Track Selection of Single-Parent Children – Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Mahler, Philippe; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2004

In present day Germany, one in seven children is raised in a single parent household. We investigate the effect of single parenthood on children’s educational attainment, measured by the school track at the age 14, using ordered probit models. We study whether the effect of living in single...

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Looking Awkward When Winning and Foolish When Losing: Inequity Aversion and Performance in the Field

Torgler, Benno; Schaffner, Markus; Frey, Bruno S.; … - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2008

The experimental literature and studies using survey data have established that people care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely, as standard economic theory assumes, about their absolute economic position. Individuals are concerned about social comparisons....

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The Power of Positional Concerns

Torgler, Benno; Schmidt, Sascha L.; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2008

People care a great deal about their relative economic position and not solely about their absolute economic position. However, behavioral evidence is rare. This paper provides evidence on how the relative income position affects professional sports performances. Our analysis suggests that if a...

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The Role of Income Aspirations in Individual Happiness

Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …

Does individual well-being depend on the absolute level of income and consumption or is it relative to one's aspirations? In a direct empirical test, it is found that higher income aspirations reduce people's utility, ceteris paribus. Individual data on reported satisfaction with life are used...

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