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Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009

the states of America. From this sample of 1.3 million US citizens, we analyze measures of life satisfaction and mental … capita. Correcting for people's incomes, satisfaction with life is lowest in the rich states. We discuss implications for the …

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Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-Being : Evidence from the USA

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2010

-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System random sample of 1.3 million United States citizens. Life-satisfaction in each U …

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Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2021

Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This paper argues that economists are wrong to do so. It provides longitudinal evidence that individuals who become disabled go on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation...

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Boss Competence and Worker Well-Being

Artz, Benjamin - 2014

Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...

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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being : Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2021

The "Easterlin paradox" suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader array of countries, we establish a clear positive...

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Emotional Prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2011

This paper argues, in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, that we should now be measuring a nation's emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental...

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Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth

Sacks, Daniel W. - 2011

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness

Stevenson, Betsey - 2011

By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women's declining relative well-being is...

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Estimating the Influence of Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect on Later Income Using Sibling Fixed-Effects

De Neve, Jan‐Emmanuel - 2012

show that adolescents and young adults who report higher life satisfaction or positive affect grow up to earn significantly …

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Subjective Well‐Being and Income : Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey - 2013

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...

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