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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification : additional Insights on the pattern of convergence
Petrunyk, Inna; Pfeifer, Christian - 2015
The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1992 to 2013. Additionally, the East-West gap and its trend are separately analyzed for men and women as well as for...
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530303
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The Easterlin Paradox
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2020
The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … vitiates the otherwise positive effect of own-income growth on happiness. Critics of the Paradox mistakenly present the …
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Unemployment and subjective well-being
Suppa, Nicolai - 2021
This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well-being. Outcomes covered are general life satisfaction, affective well-being, and mental health. Special attention is paid to empirical evidence as obtained from popular panel data sets....
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Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people to be unhappy? : evidence from a six-country survey
Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2021
Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people unhappy? In this study, we use a recent survey from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore this question. We find a relatively large effect: a one per-mille point increase in the incidence of the COVID-19...
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Racial diversity, immigrants and the well-being of residents : evidence from U.S. counties
Kuroki, Masanori - 2017
This paper presents empirical evidence that racial diversity and immigrant population at the local level tend to be associated with lower life satisfaction for Whites by matching individual data with the county-level population data during the period 2005-2010. The magnitudes I find suggest that...
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Are retirees more satisfied? - anticipation and adaptation effects of retirement on subjective well-being : a panel analysis for Germany
Merz, Joachim - 2018
Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society concerning the "demographic change" with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of...
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
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"More children, more happiness?" : new evidence from elderly parents in China
Gao, Yanyan; Qu, Zhaopeng - 2019 - This version: July 2019
In this paper, we test the conventional wisdom in developing countries of 'more children, more happiness' by exploiting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152172
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The effect of immigration on natives' well-being in the European Union
O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2019 - Version: May 24, 2019
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Europe today, yet little is known about the overall effect of its multiple impacts. The analysis suggests natives need not worry. Increasing immigrant population shares have no statistically significant effects on natives' well-being in 28...
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