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In this paper we examine how children affect happiness and relationships within a family by analyzing two unique questions in the National Longitudinal Study of Youth's 1997 cohort. We find that (a) presence of children is associated with a loss of spousal love; (b) loss of spousal love is...
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-being, they overwhelmingly focus on life satisfaction as the cognitive dimension of well-being. Little is known about the …-being by analyzing the frequency with which specific emotions are experienced in anticipation of and reaction to job loss … unemployed leads to more frequent experiences of unpleasant emotions only in the short run and that adaptation occurs more …
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We introduce a concept of emotions that emerge when workers compare their own performance with a given standard or with … the performances of co-workers. Assuming heterogeneity among the workers the interplay of emotions and incentives is … identify certain conditions under which emotions lead to additional incentives and under which the employer benefits from …
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puzzle. In this paper, we investigate the role of emotions as a possible explanation of tax compliance. Our laboratory … perspective of punishment after an audit, especially when the pictures of the evaders are publicly displayed, also raises emotions …
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reduction in pay, we argue that the reaction of workers is dominated by emotions. On the other hand, an increase in the nominal … producing a more measured response. We present evidence from experiments showing that self-reported emotions respond strongly to … inflation rate. Although emotions may benefit individual workers, by strengthening their bargaining position and preventing wage …
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This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environment where people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no competition, the presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the...
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productivity in a paid piece-rate Niederle-Vesterlund task. They alter output but not the per-piece quality of their work. To check …
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cooperators relieve negative emotions when they punish free riders. In response, the free-riders experience negative emotions when … the new standard or norm. For a given contribution level, individuals attain higher levels of satisfaction when …
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Extant evidence that the self-employed overestimate their returns by more than employees do is consistent with two mutually inclusive possibilities. Self-employment may generate optimism or optimists may be drawn to self-employment. This paper finds that employees who will be self-employed in...
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expectations about the age at which one will leave the labor market appears to be easier for workers in jobs with welldefined … so out of concerns about the adequacy of their retirement incomes rather than out of increased job satisfaction or a …
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