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The connexion between old and new approaches to financial satisfaction
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2006 - Rev.
In this paper we compare the new satisfaction evaluation approach, developed inthe nineties by Oswald ,Clark , Blanchflower and others with the older incomeevaluation (IEQ) approach, developed by Van Praag and Kapteyn in theseventies of the previous century. We find that both approaches yield...
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010 - Version March 3, 2010
consists of the characteristics of the individuals belonging to his reference group. The vast literature about happiness … reference groups in SWB-models. In this paper we employ the reference-extended model for incorporating in happiness studies the … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379637
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Social network sites, individual social capital and happiness
Arampatzi, Efstratia; Burger, Martijn J.; Novik, Natallia A. - 2016
Can online social contacts replace the importance of real-life social connections in our pursuit of happiness? With the … examines the effect of SNS use on happiness for different subgroups of young adults. More specifically, we examine whether the … effect of SNSs on happiness is moderated by individual social capital, as measured in terms of frequency of social contacts …
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The joy of lottery play : evidence from a field experiment
Burger, Martijn J.; Hendriks, Martijn; Pleeging, Emma; … - 2018
the Netherlands, we find that lottery participation increased the happiness of participants before the draw. Winning a … small prize had no effect on happiness. Our results indicate that people may not only care about the outcomes of the lottery …
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On the nature, modeling, and neural bases of social ties
Winden, Frans A. A. M. van; Stallen, Mirre; … - 2008
Purpose: This paper addresses the nature, formalization, and neural bases of (affective) social ties anddiscusses the relevance of ties for health economics. A social tie is defined as an affectiveweight attached by an individual to the well-being of another individual...
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Perspectives from the happiness literature and the role of new instruments for policy analysis
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007
After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st … century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical … applicability of happiness economics, retaining the assumption of ordinal individual utilities. In Section 4 we introduce a cardinal …
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Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel : effects of religiosity , ethnicity, and war
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Romanov, Dimiṭri; … - 2010
vary in religiosity between secular and ultra-orthodox. We find a significant effect of religiosity on happiness. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011381986
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How important is methodology for the estimates of the determinants of happiness?
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Frijters, Paul - 2002
Psychologists and sociologists usually interpret answers to happiness surveys as cardinal and comparableacross … respondents (Kahneman et al. 1999). As a result, these social scientists run OLS regressionson happiness and changes in happiness …
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Subjective questions to measure welfare and well-being
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2002
This paper provides arguments in favor of using subjective questions as a proxy to measure welfare and well-being. This approach makes it possible to avoid having to define welfare and well-being means and having to identify the relevant indicators. Instead, individuals themselves define their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326409