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Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: March 15, 2013
likely require progress in closing racial gaps in objective circumstances. -- subjective well-being ; life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727116
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Economic growth and subjective well-being : reassessing the Easterlin paradox
Stevenson, Betsey (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2008
comparisons in determining happiness. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751098
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Boon or bane? : others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity
Clark, Andrew E.; Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen - 2008
The social norm of unemployment suggests that aggregate unemployment reduces the well-being of the employed, but has a far smaller effect on the unemployed. We use German panel data to reproduce this standard result, but then suggest that the appropriate distinction may not be between employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805987
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697413
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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: August 2, 2012
satisfaction ; quality of life ; Easterlin Paradox ; adaptation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690734
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Estimating the influence of life satisfaction and positive affect on later income using sibling fixed-effects
De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2012
show that adolescents and young adults who report higher life satisfaction or positive affect grow up to earn significantly … neuroticism. -- income ; life satisfaction ; positive affect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683363
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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015 - Revised
This paper studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations report such high levels of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries' happiness; Britain and the US enter further down; some nations do unexpectedly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405676
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Subjective well-being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: April 16, 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736745
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Happiness as a driver of risk-avoiding behavior
Goudie, Robert J. B.; Mukherjee, Sach; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel - 2011
Understanding the reasons why individuals take risks, particularly unnecessary risks, remains an important question in economics. We provide the first evidence of a powerful connection between happiness and risk-avoidance. Using data on 300,000 Americans, we demonstrate that happier individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009127685