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Are happier people less judgmental of other people's selfish behaviors? : laboratory evidence from trust and gift exchange games

Drouvelis, Michalis; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2013

significantly moderated by an increase in happiness for the person making the judgment. …

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The shadow prices of voluntary caregiving : using panel data of well-being to estimate the cost of informal care

McDonald, Rebecca; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2018

This paper uses the wellbeing valuation (WV) approach to estimate and monetize the wellbeing impacts of informal care provision on caregivers. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from the U.K., we address two challenging methodological issues related to the economic valuation of...

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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users

Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017

This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals' consumption of addictive substances, versus the utility misprediction model, used in psychology to explain the discrepancy between people's decision and their subsequent experiences. By...

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The midlife crisis

Giuntella, Osea; McManus, Sally; Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, … - 2022

This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle-aged citizens in our data sets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most...

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The paradox of declining female happiness

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …

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Does happiness adapt? : A longitudinal study of disability with implications for economists and judges

Oswald, Andrew J. (contributor); … - 2006

over the world currently use ad hoc methods. -- disability ; adaptation ; happiness ; legal compensation ; wellbeing ; GHQ …

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Obesity, unhappiness, and "The challenge of affluence" : theory and evidence

Oswald, Andrew J. (contributor); … - 2007

British population view themselves as overweight, and that happiness and mental health are worse among fatter people in both …

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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, 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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Putting different price tags on the same health condition : re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Berg, Bernard van den - 2011

valuations ; happiness ; health ; GHQ …

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