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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019

Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...

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Ethnic diversity and well-being

Akay, Alpaslan; Constant, Amelie; Giulietti, Corrado; … - 2016

This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants' countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To...

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The great happiness moderation

Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2012

This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that the time trend in average happiness is flat during episodes of long …-run income growth. This mean-preserving declining spread in happiness comes about via falls in both the share of individuals who …

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Subjective well‐being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013

-being ; happiness ; satiation ; basic needs ; Easterlin paradox …

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"Romanticizing penniless entrepreneurs?" : the relationship between start-ups and human wellbeing across countries

Naudé, Wim; Amorós, José Ernesto; Cristi M., Oscar - 2013

We study the effect of entrepreneurship and its allocation between necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship on three indicators of countries' wellbeing: monetary wellbeing, non-monetary wellbeing and our own indicator of a country's ability to translate economic growth into non-monetary...

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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Will GDP growth increase happiness in developing countries?

Clark, Andrew E.; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2011

This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …-country phenomenon. Our stand is that the idea that growth will increase happiness in low-income countries cannot be rejected on the …

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Is man doomed to progress?

Senik-Leygonie, Claudia (contributor) - 2006

-profile of consumption: they seem to have a strong "taste for improvement". -- expectations ; growth ; subjective happiness …

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Economic growth and subjective well-being : reassessing the easterlin paradox

Stevenson, Betsey (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2008

of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … comparisons in determining happiness. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic …

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

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