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higher satisfaction with free time, while time spent on hobbies increases to a lesser extent than home production …We study the usually assumed trade-off between income and leisure in labor supply decisions using comprehensive German … panel data. We compare non-employed individuals after plant closures with employed people regarding both income and time use …
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happiness or other variables are detectable based on response time data without making distributional assumptions. In our survey …
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of cited patent, which implies that new knowledge faces the largest barriers to diffusion. However, over time, border and …
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effect of shocks using generalised spatio-temporal impulse responses. These highlight the diffusion of shocks both over time …
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The ability of voters to use the available electoral instruments is crucial for the functioning of democracies. The paper shows that voters consider the institutional environment when making electoral decisions. Voters recognize that executives who face binding term limits (i.e., "lame ducks")...
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This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and … econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce … of time-limit leavers, however, continues to receive Food Stamps, Medicaid, etc. The impact on employment is mixed …
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this literature is that people exhibit a "baseline" happiness that shows persistent strength over time, and twin studies … report higher levels of life satisfaction. Having one or two alleles of the more efficient type raises the average likelihood …
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likely require progress in closing racial gaps in objective circumstances. -- subjective well-being ; life satisfaction …
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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 …
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from millions of digitized books for the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. While existing measures go back at most …
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