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O'Donnell, Owen; Doorslaer, Eddy Van; Ourti, Tom Van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

income (wealth) does have a causal impact on health in adulthood is weak. But this may simply reflect the difficulty of …This discussion paper led to a chapter in: (A.B. Atkinson, F.J. Bourguigson (Eds.)), 2014, 'Handbook of Income … Distribution', volume 2B, North Holland, Elsevier, chapter 18, 143 pages. We examine the relationship between income and health …

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Vignette Equivalence and Response Consistency; The Case of Job Satisfaction

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. Van; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011

We compare reported job satisfaction with vignette evaluations of hypothetical jobs by using a British, Greek and Dutch … properties of vignette equivalence and response consistency. In our data set both job satisfaction and vignettes are numerically … evaluated on a 0-10-scale. This fact allows us to interpret the evaluations as cardinal satisfaction values and to estimate …

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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel. Effects of Religiosity , Ethnicity, and War

Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487010000954">'Journal of Economic Psychology'</A>, 31(6), 1008-20.We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and … satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli … on both life and financial satisfaction seems to vary with religiosity. This might be a reason for differentiation in …

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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research

Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010

type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables …

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Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007

This discussion paper led to a publication in <A HREF="https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=X2NBDLnsMJR3Goz6AkG&page=1&doc=7">'CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES'</A>, 2007, 53(1), 42-68. After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics....</a>

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The Anatomy of Subjective Well-being

Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Frijters, P.; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

income. The model is estimated using a large German panel data set.This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the …

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Income and Well-being

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002

income effect differing between richer and poor individuals. The analysis uses a self-reported measure of satisfaction with …This paper presents an empirical analysis of the importance of 'comparison income' for individual well-being or … happiness. In other words, the influence of the income of a reference group on individual well-being is examined. The main …

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Why the Rich drink more but smoke less: The Impact of Wealth on Health Behaviors

Kippersluis, Hans van; Galama, Titus J. - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013

This discussion paper resulted in the publication 'Wealth and Health Behavior: Testing the Concept of a Health Cost … consumption. The health cost increases with wealth and the degree of unhealthiness, leading wealthier individuals to consume more … wealth groups. …

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On the Measurement of Success and Satisfaction

Brink, René van den; Steffen, Frank - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

mix-up of the notions of success and satisfaction which is prevailing in the voting power literature. We demonstrate that … both notions are conceptually distinct, and discuss their relationship and measurement. We show that satisfaction contains … in order to illustrate the difference between success and satisfaction. In the context of the discussion of both notions …

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I can't get no Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility

Block, Joern; Koellinger, Philipp - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008

self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new … entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction” with their start-up—not because their start-up fails to deliver financial returns, but …-financial incentives of entrepreneurs. While financial success is the most important determinant of start-up satisfaction, achievement of …

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