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Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?
Booth, Alison L.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700856
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The Terms and Relations of Comparison, Referential, and Relative Processes
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
new unified theory, which also links the forces to identity and to happiness. Second, following the new unified theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700875
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Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in other countries. These include, inter alia, unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703059
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Are Youths on Income Support Less Happy? Evidence from Australia
Lee, Wang-Sheng; Oguzoglu, Umut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
reported happiness levels. In analysing the determinants of happiness, we argue that it is important to control for dynamics … and initial conditions. The latter arguably measures an initial setpoint of happiness which the psychological literature …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703105
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703139
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703307
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Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
Winkelmann, Rainer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703353
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Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Prevalence, Behavior and Success
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Experimental evidence has convincingly shown the existence of reciprocal inclinations, i.e., a tendency for people to respond in-kind to hostile or kind actions. Little is known, however, about: (i) the prevalence of reciprocity in the population, (ii) individual determinants of reciprocity,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703379
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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?
Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Adam Smith, helping others is the way to higher individual well-being. This view contrasts with the selfish utility maximizer who avoids costs from helping others. The two rival views are studied empirically. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703466
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A New Unified Theory of Sociobehavioral Forces
Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
happiness - bringing under a single theoretical umbrella diverse mechanisms together with their effects across disparate domains … distinctive identity and a distinctive magnitude of happiness. Thus, the theory enables systematic and parsimonious analysis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703470