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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152425
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Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013
; happiness ; race …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727586
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683272
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738762
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The economic and social determinants of migrants' well-being during the global financial crisis
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara - 2018
This paper investigates the economic and social determinants affecting the well-being of temporary migrants before, during and after the financial crisis. Exploiting unique panel data which cover migration spells from Tajikistan between 2001 and 2011, we find that migrants earn less but stay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785812
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003752845