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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
significant implications for the dominant, paradigm theory in SWB research, namely set-point theory. This theory holds that the …, 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793592
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Geographic proximity, trade and international conflict/cooperation
Robst, John (contributor); Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2006
This paper examines the interactive effect of distance and trade on international conflict and cooperation. The effect of geographic distance depends on trade, while the effect of trade varies with geographic distance. Trade reduces conflict to a greater extent when dyads are geographically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003283434
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Tastes, castes, and culture : the influence of society on preferences
Fehr, Ernst; Hoff, Karla Ruth - 2011
Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms of changes in the set of feasible alternatives. Here we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315466
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Christianity and infant health in India
Menon, Nidhiya; McQueeney, Kathleen - 2015
This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main religions – Hindus, Muslims and Christians. The results indicate that Christian infants have higher height-for-age z-scores as compared to infants of other religious identities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295558
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"One Muslim is enough!" : evidence from a field experiment in France
Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2011
; experimental economics ; economic theory ; group threat theory ; intergroup contact theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519840
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Islamism and gender relations in the muslim world as reflected in recent world values survey data
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016
based on an empirical analysis of World Values Survey data. In recent economic theory, Carvalho (2013) maintained that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450353
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Assortative mating and divorce : evidence from Austrian register data
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2009
, ethnicity and religion are not responsible for the increasing marital stability in Austria. Quite the contrary, without the rise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900751
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Bread and bullets
Akerlof, George A.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2016
Standard economics omits the role of narratives (the stories that people tell themselves and others) when they make all kinds of decisions. Narratives play a role in understanding the environment; focusing attention; predicting events; motivating action; assigning social roles and identities;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452045
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Social capital and the spread of COVID-19 : insights from European countries
Bartscher, Alina Kristin; Seitz, Sebastian; Siegloch, … - 2020
We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228562
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The intergenerational causal effect of tax evasion : evidence from the commuter tax allowance in Austria
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Paetzold, Jörg - 2017
Does tax evasion run in the family? To answer this question, we study the case of the commuter tax allowance in Austria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607606