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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

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Çiğdem Börke - 2015

We use four ways of the European Social Survey, covering 2000 to 2008, to analyze the effect of religion on happiness. Our findings confirm that religious individuals are generally happier than non-religious ones. When we seek to disentangle the effects of belonging to an organized religion from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295799

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

The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation

Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009

individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction …-being research in economics and takes measures of reported life satisfaction as an empirical approximation to individual welfare …. Micro-econometric life satisfaction functions are estimated taking into account environmental conditions along with income …

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Unemployment and identity

Schöb, Ronnie - 2012

This paper employs social identity and self-categorization theories as a useful heuristic framework through which to learn more about the nature of the misery experienced by the unemployed; in economic terms, the individual cost of unemployment. Utilizing this framework, the paper provides...

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Calculating tragedy : assessing the costs of terrorism

Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Lüchinger, Simon (contributor) - 2004

approaches for estimating the utility losses of the people affected are discussed. Results using the life satisfaction approach …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002522665

Satisfaction with amenities and taste for revolt in the Middle East

Fereidouni, Hassan Gholipour; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between individuals' satisfaction with amenities and … infrastructure) and applying Probit regressions, our results show that satisfaction with amenities and environmental quality … more pronounced in urban areas, particularly in large cities. We also find that individuals' satisfaction with amenities …

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Scarring or scaring? : the psychological impact of past unemployment and future unemployment risk

Knabe, Andreas (contributor); Rätzel, Steffen (contributor) - 2008

reduces a person's current life satisfaction even after the person has become reemployed. Our results suggest that the scar … it "scaresʺ. -- Unemployment ; scarring ; happiness ; life satisfaction …

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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

Dissatisfied with life, but having a good day : time-use and well-being of the unemployed

Knabe, Andreas; Rätzel, Steffen; Schöb, Ronnie; … - 2009

self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more … that unemployment affects life satisfaction and experienced utility differently may be explained by the fact that people do …, triggered by the opportunity to use the time in a way that yields higher levels of satisfaction than working. -- Unemployment …

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