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The importance of sampling frequency for estimates of well-being dynamics

Hoskins, Stephen; Johnston, David; Kunz, Johannes; … - 2024

Using a high-frequency panel survey, we examine the sensitivity of estimated self-reported well-being (SWB) dynamics to using monthly, quarterly, and yearly data. This is an important issue if SWB is to be used to evaluate policy. Results from autoregressive models that account for...

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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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Subjective measures of economic well-being and the influence of income uncertainty

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor) - 2008

This paper provides evidence that subjective measures of individual well being can be used to study the impact of income uncertainty from an ex ante point of view. Two different measures of subjective well being are under study: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation...

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Happiness dynamics with quarterly life event data

Frijters, Paul (contributor); Johnston, David W. (contributor) - 2008

This paper addresses the question of when and to what extent individuals are affected by major positive and negative life events, including changes in financial situation, marital status, death of child or spouse and being a victim of crime. The key advantage of our data is that we are able to...

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Well-being over the life span : semiparametric evidence from British and German longitudinal data

Wunder, Christoph; Wiencierz, Andrea; Schwarze, Johannes; … - 2009

This paper applies semiparametric regression models using penalized splines to investigate the profile of well-being over the life span. Splines have the advantage that they do not require a priori assumptions about the form of the curve. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)...

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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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Is Posner right? : an empirical test of the Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to old men

Wunder, Christoph; Schwarze, Johannes - 2009

Posner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that women's utility is higher if they are married. Thus, extending the lifespan of men would benefit women. Using life satisfaction data...

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Relative income, happiness and utility : an explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles

Clark, Andrew E. (contributor); Frijters, Paul (contributor) - 2007

The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises … also discuss the relation (or not) between happiness and utility and discuss some non-happiness research (behavioural …

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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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Destined for (un)happiness : does childhood predict adult life satisfaction?

Frijters, Paul; Johnston, David W.; Shields, Michael - 2011

In this paper we address the question of how much of adult life satisfaction is predicted by childhood traits, parental characteristics and family socioeconomic status. Given the current focus of many national governments on measuring population well-being, and renewed focus on effective policy...

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