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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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Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Easterlin, Richard A.; Sawangfa, Onnicha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

In the United States happiness, on average, varies positively with socio-economic status; is fairly constant over time … happiness can be predicted rather closely from the mean satisfaction people report with each of four domains - finances, family … happiness, they come together in a way that explains quite well the overall patterns of happiness. The importance of any given …

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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 Economic Growth: Does the Cross Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries

Easterlin, Richard A.; Sawangfa, Onnicha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Based on point-of-time comparisons of happiness in richer and poorer countries, it is commonly asserted that economic … growth will have a significant positive impact on happiness in poorer countries, if not richer. The time trends of subjective … sectional relation of happiness to GDP per capita. The point-of-time comparison leads to the expectation that the same absolute …

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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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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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Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence

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

British population view themselves as overweight, and that happiness and mental health are worse among fatter people in both …

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