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Subjective measures of economic well-being and the influence of income uncertainty

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor) - 2008

This paper provides evidence that subjective measures of individual well being can be used to study the impact of income uncertainty from an ex ante point of view. Two different measures of subjective well being are under study: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759346

Economic growth and subjective well-being : reassessing the Easterlin Paradox

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - In: Brookings papers on economic activity : BPEA (2008) 1, pp. 1-102

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764838

Well-being over the life span : semiparametric evidence from British and German longitudinal data

Wunder, Christoph; Wiencierz, Andrea; Schwarze, Johannes; … - 2009

This paper applies semiparametric regression models using penalized splines to investigate the profile of well-being over the life span. Splines have the advantage that they do not require a priori assumptions about the form of the curve. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832273

The paradox of declining female happiness

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859341

Is Posner right? : an empirical test of the Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to old men

Wunder, Christoph; Schwarze, Johannes - 2009

Posner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that women's utility is higher if they are married. Thus, extending the lifespan of men would benefit women. Using life satisfaction data...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903964

Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152425

Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013

; happiness ; race …

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683272

Living conditions of children and parental well-being : evidence from German data on life satisfaction

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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What can happiness research tell us about altruism? : Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor); … - 2005

parents' self-reported happiness depends positively, albeit not very strongly, on the happiness of adult children who moved …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002615767