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Happy hosts? : international tourist arrivals and residents' subjective well-being in Europe

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2016

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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Micro-entrepreneurship and subjective well-being : evidence from rural Bangladesh

Bhuiyan, Muhammad Faress; Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2018

Microcredit has long been hailed as a powerful tool to promote livelihoods and reduce poverty through entrepreneurship. However, its impacts on people's subjective well-being remain underexplored. We present a unified theoretical framework for analyzing the effect of microcredit-enabled...

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Emigration, remittances and the subjective well-being of those staying behind

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - 2018

Despite growing academic and policy interest in the subjective well-being consequences of emigration for those left behind, existing studies have focused on single origin countries or specific world regions. Our study is the first to offer a global perspective on the well-being consequences of...

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Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

Stutzer, Alois (contributor); Frey, Bruno S. (contributor) - 2005

This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likely for marriage and that there are large differences in the benefits from marriage between couples. Potential,...

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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation

Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009

In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...

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Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010

stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … of where the economic research on happiness stands and of three directions it might develop. First, it offers new ways … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. -- Economics ; happiness ; life …

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Happy moves? : assessing the link between life satisfaction and emigration intentions

Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2015

the probability of reporting intentions to migrate. The findings of this paper raise concerns about possible 'happiness …

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Recent developments in the economics of happiness : a selective overview

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2012

. The economics of happiness has emerged as one of the most thriving areas in current economic research. This introductory … chapter refers to important contributions to the economics of happiness that characterize the recent developments in the area …. First, we refer to reviews of the literature, the measurement and the relationship of happiness research to welfare …

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Local-level immigration and life satisfaction : the EU enlargement experience in England and Wales

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Veliziotis, Michail - 2015

The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study how this migrant inflow affected life satisfaction of native residents in England and Wales. Combining the British Household Panel Survey with the Local...

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What happiness research can tell us about self-control problems and utility misprediction

Stutzer, Alois (contributor); Frey, Bruno S. (contributor) - 2006

misprediction of utility. We propose the economics of happiness as a methodological approach to study these phenomena. Based on …

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