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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370275
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The long-term impact of paid parental leave on maternal health and subjective well-being
Heisig, Katharina - 2023
-term physical and mental health and subjective well-being. There is weak, but not robust, evidence for increased satisfaction with … physical and mental health and subjective well-being. The reform extended paid leave for first-time mothers by six months to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228411
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Social contacts, unemployment, and experienced well-being : evidence from tim-use data
Thi Truong An Hoang; Knabe, Andreas - 2022
We use the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/15 to analyze how differences in the frequency and intensity of social contacts contribute to the gap in experienced well-being between employed and unemployed persons. We observe that people generally enjoy being with others more than being alone. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380473
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Does democracy make taller men? : cross-country European evidence
Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021 - This version: January 2022
We study whether a democracy improves a measure of individual wellbeing; human heights. Drawing on individual-level datasets, we test the hypothesis using a battery of eight different measures of democracy and derived averages, and include models accounting for several confounders, regional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698819
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Health and wellbeing spillovers of a partner's cancer diagnosis
Angelini, Viola; Costa-Font, Joan - 2023
Major health shocks can have far-reaching consequences on the welfare of an individual's support and emotional network …. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer … diagnosis (CD), on the health and well-being of an individual's partner. We rely on data from a longitudinal sample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014292854
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Happy voters
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412736
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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
persons report substantially lower levels of life satisfaction than employed persons. When looking at specific types of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992330
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Income and happiness across Europe : do reference values matter?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003624017
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Direct evidence for income comparisons and subjective well-being across reference groups
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015
This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346880
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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 … ; happiness ; race …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727116