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Are happier people more compliant? : global evidence from three large-scale surveys during Covid-19 lockdowns
Krekel, Christian; Swanke, Sarah; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; … - 2020
psychological theories, and find that past and present happiness predicts compliance during lockdown. The relationship is stronger … for those with higher levels of happiness. A negative mood, or loss in happiness, predicts lower compliance. We explore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290702
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063244
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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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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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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