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Lags and leads in life satisfaction: a test of the baseline hypothesis
Clark, Andrew E.; Diener, Ed; Georgellis, Yannis; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment. Men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745154
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Back to baseline in Britain: adaptation in the British household panel survey
Clark, Andrew E.; Georgellis, Yannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
. Adaptation to marriage, divorce, birth of child and widowhood appears to be rapid and complete; this is not so for unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126217
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Does envy destroy social fundamentals? The impact of relative income position on social capital
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Torgler, Benno - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Research evidence on the impact of relative income position on individual attitudes and behaviour is sorely lacking. Therefore, this paper assesses such positional impact on social capital by applying 14 different measurements to International Social Survey Programme data from 25 countries. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746066
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Life satisfaction and relative income: perceptions and evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071089
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The effect of marital breakup on the income distribution of women with children
Ananat, Elizabeth; Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Having a female firstborn child significantly increases the probability that a woman’s first marriage breaks up. Recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746404
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The effect of marital breakup on the income distribution of women with children
Ananat, Elizabeth O.; Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Having a female firstborn child significantly increases the probability that a woman’s first marriage breaks up. Recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746483
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Cohabitation and divorce across nations and generations
Kiernan, Kathleen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
cohabitation over marriage; they are less likely to have their first child within marriage; and their own partnerships and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126100
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Employment, family union, and childbearing decisions in Great Britain
Aassve, Arnstein; Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
The paper investigates the relationship between work and family life in Britain. Using appropriate statistical techniques we estimate a five-equation model, which includes birth events, union formation, union dissolution, employment and non-employment events. The model allows for unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126156
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The risk of divorce and household saving behavior
González, Libertad; Özcan, Berkay - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
We analyze the impact of an increase in the risk of divorce on the saving behaviour of married couples. From a theoretical perspective, the expected sign of the effect is ambiguous. We take advantage of the legalization of divorce in Ireland in 1996 as an exogenous increase in the likelihood of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071224
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More on Marriage, Fertility, and the Distribution of Income.
Greenwood, J.; Guner, N.; Knkwles, J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
organization of the latter, and, also, in part, on An overlapping generations model of marriage, fertility and nature of the is … captured by attitudes toward marriage, divorce, fertility, and children. Singles search for mates in a marriage market. They … are free to accept or reject marriage proposals. Married agents make their decisions through bargaining about work, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005625912