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self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we begin by … estimating ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions of happiness on a measure of MSA-level segregation, controlling for a rich … associated with a reduction in happiness among blacks. To deal more appropriately with the potential endogeneity of location …
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women as evidenced by their average values for happiness, tiredness, and stress, their predicted values for the same three …
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U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income inequality measured at the state or national level is associated with diminished subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. We conduct the first multi-scale analysis (i.e., at the...
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of international tourist arrivals on the subjective well-being – happiness and life satisfaction – of residents in … satisfaction) than its affective component (happiness). …
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The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The … the literature investigates potential driving effects of happiness on labor market outcomes. This article will give an …
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' response to an exogenous shock of (un)happiness (i.e. the death of husband or wife). We conclude that SWB explains voting …
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-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … conditional on having the same income, there is no rural-urban happiness gap. Our results suggest that while further decline in …
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We develop a theoretical framework that considers four distinct explanatory channels through which neighbors' income could affect utility: public goods, cost of living, expectations of future income, and the direct effect (relative income hypothesis (RIH) and altruism). The relationship is...
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economic good or bad, and hence serves as a prime example of irrational behavior reducing individual health and happiness …
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. These data provide information on citizens' happiness, levels of customer satisfaction, employees' satisfaction, mental …
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