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Life Satisfaction and Grandparenthood: Evidence from a Nationwide Survey

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper tests whether there is a potential payoff to grandparenthood in terms of life satisfaction. Using the new nationwide survey for the UK, which consists of over 5,000 grandparents and 6,000 non-grandparents aged 40 and above, and a flexible multiple-index ordered probit model with...

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Death, Happiness, and the Calculation of Compensatory Damages

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

paper explores how happiness regression equations might be used in tort cases to calculate compensatory damages for …

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Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This paper argues that economists are wrong to do so. It provides longitudinal evidence that individuals who become disabled go on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation...

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Happiness and Productivity

Oswald, Andrew J.; Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The paper provides evidence that happiness raises productivity. In Experiment 1, a randomized trial is designed. Some … subjects have their happiness levels increased, while those in a control group do not. Treated subjects have 12% greater …

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Are Happiness and Productivity Lower among University Students with Newly-Divorced Parents? An Experimental Approach

Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

study. In it, to avoid 'priming', we measure students' happiness with life before we inquire into their family background …

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Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported Happiness

Herbst, Chris M.; Lucio, Joanna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we begin by … estimating ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions of happiness on a measure of MSA-level segregation, controlling for a rich … associated with a reduction in happiness among blacks. To deal more appropriately with the potential endogeneity of location …

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Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? Laboratory Evidence from Trust and Gift Exchange Games

Drouvelis, Michalis; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

significantly moderated by an increase in happiness for the person making the judgment. …

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The Earned Income Tax Credit, Health, and Happiness

Boyd-Swan, Casey; Herbst, Chris M.; Ifcher, John; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

depression symptomatology, an increase in self-reported happiness, and improved self-efficacy relative to their childless …

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Resilience to Economic Shocks and the Long Reach of Childhood Bullying

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

This paper investigates whether people's ability to withstand and adapt to one of the most important economic shocks – job loss – is determined early on in childhood. Using nationally representative longitudinal data that tracks almost 3,000 children into adulthood, we show that the negative...

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Putting Different Price Tags on the Same Health Condition: Re-evaluating the Well-Being Valuation Approach

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; van den Berg, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is currently no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual’s experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on...

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