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The Impact of Climate on Life Satisfaction

Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values Survey. Climate is described in terms of ‘degree-months’ calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18.3°C). Our results suggest that countries with...

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Alone but Better Off? Adult Child Migration and Health of Elderly Parents in Moldova

Böhme, Marcus; Persian, Ruth; Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Increasing labor migration and simultaneous aging of societies are two important demographic developments many poor countries face. Elderly people who are left behind may experience a decrease in welfare when their children migrate. This paper investigates the e ect of migration on various...

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The role of urban green space for human well-being

Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

Most people in Europe live in urban environments. For these people, urban green space is an important element of well-being, but it is often in short supply. We use self-reported information on life satisfaction and different individual green space measures to explore how urban green space...

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Do Geographical Variations in Climate Influence Life Satisfaction?

Murray, Thomas; Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

Accounting for socioeconomic and demographic variables as well as country specific effects, households’ willingness to pay for changes in climate is revealed using European data on reported life satisfaction. Individuals located in areas with lower average levels of sunshine and higher average...

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Religiosity as a determinant of happiness

Opfinger, Matthias; Gundlach, Erich - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011

We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income … levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but … not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our …

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Prenatal Testosterone Exposure Predicts Mindfulness – Does This Mediate Its Effect on Happiness?

Neyse, Levent; Ring, Patrick; Bosworth, Steven - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2015

happiness levels as well as their estimates about others’ general life satisfaction. We find that MAAS strongly predicts … absolute and relative life satisfaction and also current happiness levels, but digit ratios do not mediate the relationship …

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Religiosity and Personal Well-Being: People Can Be Happy With or Without Religion

Opfinger, Matthias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

use information from the World Values Survey about subjective happiness and life satisfaction. We relate this information … between personal well-being and religiosity, especially so for happiness. This result is consistent throughout all our …

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Migration Experience, Aspirations and the Brain Drain - Theory and Empirical Evidence

Böhme, Marcus H.; Glaser, Toni - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

We develop a theoretical model of human skill formation and emigration. Additionally to existing brain drain models, we partly endogenize the heterogeneity of the individuals, by introducing aspirations. Emigration of an individual will result in a migration experience, which increases the...

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Explaining Labour Market Inactivity in Migrant-Sending Families: Housework, Hammock, or Higher Education

Görlich, Dennis; Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Trebesch, Christoph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

This article presents a new perspective on the impact of migration and remittances on labour market participation and time allocation in migrant-sending families. Departing from the common finding that labour market participation is lower in migrant households, we investigate whether the reasons...

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Come Back or Stay? Spend Here or There? Temporary versus Permanent Migration and Remittance Patterns in the Republic of Moldova

Pinger, Pia R. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

This paper examines the determinants of temporary and permanent migration and the impact of the return decision on remittances patterns. Using a new detailed household dataset on migration in the Republic of Moldova, it is shown that return is determined by the economic conditions at home and...

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