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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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Authentic happiness theory supported by impact of religion on life satisfaction : a longitudinal analysis with data for Germany

Headey, Bruce; Schupp, Jürgen; Tucci, Ingrid; Wagner, … - 2008

, on SWB is hard to reconcile with set-point theory. It is more in line with authentic happiness theory. -- SWB ; life … satisfaction ; set-point theory ; authentic happiness theory ; longitudinal analysis ; SOEP …

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Life satisfaction and relative income : perceptions and evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009

to neighbours has a negative coefficient, implying that living in a high-income neighbourhood increases happiness. The …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003895798

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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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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Parents transmit happiness along with associated values and behaviors to their children : a lifelong happiness dividend?

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2012

There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have … grown up, moved to their own home and partnered themselves. German panel evidence shows that transmission of (un)happiness … from parents to children is partly due to transmission of values and behaviors known to be associated with happiness …

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Choices which change life satisfaction : revising SWB theory to account for change

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010

Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner’s personality, hours of work,...

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Parental well-being in times of COVID-19 in Germany

Huebener, Mathias; Waights, Sevrin; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - 2020

We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive exogenous shock" to family life. We make use of a novel...

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