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Liberini, Federica; Redoano, Michela; Proto, Eugenio - 2014

’ response to an exogenous shock of (un)happiness (i.e. the death of husband or wife). We conclude that SWB explains voting …

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Time use, unemployment, and well-being : an empirical analysis using British time-use data

Hoang, Thi Truong An; Knabe, Andreas - 2019

We use nationally representative data from the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/2015 to investigate how a person's employment status is related to time use and cognitive and affective dimensions of subjective well-being. We find that unemployed persons report substantially lower levels of life...

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Is a sorrow shared a sorrow doubled? : parental unemployment and the life satisfaction of adolescent children

Borah, Melanie; Knabe, Andreas; Lücke, Christine - 2023

This paper examines possible spillover effects of parental unemployment on the subjective wellbeing of 12- to 21-year-old children. Using German panel data (SOEP), we show that unemployment of fathers and mothers is negatively associated with their children's life satisfaction. When controlling...

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Putting a price tag on friends, relatives, and neighbours : using surveys of life satisfaction to value social relationships

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: The journal of socio-economics 37 (2008) 4, pp. 1459-1480

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The poor, the rich and the happy : exploring the link between income and subjective well-being

Mentzakis, Emmanouil; Moro, Mirko - In: The journal of socio-economics 38 (2009) 1, pp. 147-158

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When money does not buy happiness : the case of "frustated achievers"

Becchetti, Leonardo; Rossetti, Fiammetta - In: The journal of socio-economics 38 (2009) 1, pp. 159-167

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The Easterlin paradox and the decline of social capital : an integrated explanation

Pugno, Maurizio - In: The journal of socio-economics 38 (2009) 4, pp. 590-600

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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...

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Inequality and happiness : when perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …. Consistent with our theoretical model, the results for high-mobility countries turn out to be ambiguous. -- happiness ; life …

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Income and happiness across Europe : do reference values matter?

Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2007

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