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Why is the world getting older? : the influence of happiness on mortality
Guven, Cahit; Saloumidis, Rudolph - 2009
World life expectancy has risen by around 20 years in the last 50 years. This period has also witnessed rising happiness levels around the world suggesting that happiness might be one of the causes behind the decline in mortality. We investigate the relationship between happiness and mortality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635276
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Late-life decline in well-being across adulthood in Germany, the UK, and the US : something is seriously wrong at the end of life
Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Mayraz, Guy; Hidajat, Mira; … - 2010
national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine how long this period lasts. In all three nations and across the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825081
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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age U-shape in human wellbeing
Schwandt, Hannes - 2013
A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128253
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Mortgage market maturity and homeownership inequality among young households : a five-country perspective
Bičáková, Alena (contributor);  … - 2008
rates and the homeownership-income inequality among young households in Finland, Germany, Italy, the UK and the US, and … highest and most equally distributed homeownership in this country as well. The mortgage market in Germany is on the other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726010
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A note on the high stability of happiness : the minimal effects of a nuclear catastrophe on life satisfaction
Berger, Eva M. (contributor) - 2008
Using life satisfaction as a direct measure of individual utility has become popular in the empirical economic literature. In this context, it is crucial to know what circumstances or changes the measure is sensitive to. Is life satisfaction a volatile concept that is affected by minor changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726201
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Apply with caution : introducing UK-style in-work support in Germany
Haan, Peter (contributor); Myck, Michal (contributor) - 2006
into the German tax and benefit system. Our simulation results suggest that introducing in-work Tax Credits in Germany … results call for a high degree of caution as far as importingʺ UK-style Tax Credits to Germany is concerned. In-work support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285730
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Setting the set point : initial predictors of life satisfaction in early adulthood
Trzcinski, Eileen (contributor); Holst, Elke (contributor) - 2006
In this article, we examine the patterns of association among a number of different factors that may contribute to differences in the initial baseline level of subjective well-being among young people in transition to adulthood. By examining the nature and patterns of these associations, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003285749
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Income inequality in the 1990s : comparing the United States, Great Britain and Germany
Burkhauser, Richard V. (contributor);  … - 2006
and the Socio-Economic Panel in Germany we find gains from economic growth in the United States over their 1990s business …-1989). Furthermore, they were more equitably distributed than were the gains in Germany over their 1990s business cycle (1991 … States and Great Britain the entire income distribution moved upward in the 1990s. In Germany, as was the case in the United …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003315460
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Happiness: revising set point theory and dynamic equilibrium theory to account for long term change
Headey, Bruce (contributor) - 2006
An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable person characteristics (including personality traits), life events and measures of well-being (life satisfaction, positive affects) and ill-being (anxiety, depression, negative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003346302
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On the role of stock market for real economic activity : evidence for Europe
Siliverstovs, Boriss (contributor);  … - 2006
(represented by the real GDP), the economic sentiment indicator, and real interest rate for the five European countries: Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338244