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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 …

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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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Hartz and minds: happiness effects of reforming an employment agency

Deter, Max - 2020

Since the labor market reforms around 2005, known as the Hartz reforms, Germany has experienced declining unemployment rates. However, little is known about the reforms' effect on individual life satisfaction of unemployed workers. This study applies difference-in-difference estimations and...

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The baby year parental leave reform in the GDR and its impact on children's long-term life satisfaction

Heisig, Katharina; Zierow, Larissa - 2019

This article investigates the effects of an increase in paid parental leave - twelve months instead of six months - on children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR), allows us to circumvent problems of selection of...

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The effect of repeated lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic on UK mental health outcomes

Lindley, Joanne; Rienzo, Cinzia - 2021

This paper assesses the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown measures on the mental health of individuals in the UK, starting from the early restrictions in April 2020, and covering three subsequent lockdowns, up until March 2021. It also considers three aspects of mental health; that is 'anxiety and...

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Re-examining adaptation theory using big data : reactions to external shocks

Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanié - 2022

. Although we realise these events' health and economic effects, more can be known about the happiness effects on the people in a … affect wellbeing, how they differ from one another, and how long it takes happiness to adapt to these shocks. Therefore, this … investigate the effect on happiness. By investigating the aforementioned, we also re-examine the adaptation theory and see whether …

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A tale of three countries : how did Covid-19 lockdown impact happiness?

Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie; Adhikari, Tamanna - 2020

well-being. Using a pooled dataset, this paper analyses the causal effect of mandatory lockdown on happiness in three very …, notwithstanding the characteristics of a country or the lockdown regulations, whether a lockdown negatively affects happiness …. Secondly, we compare the effect size of the lockdown on happiness between these countries. We make use of Difference …

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Trick or treat? : the Brexit effect on immigrants' wellbeing in the UK

Rienzo, Cinzia - 2020

This paper is the first attempt to analyse the effect of the Brexit Referendum results on subjective well-being of immigrants living in the UK. Using the national representative UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society) data and adopting a difference-in-differences estimates, we...

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COVID-19, lockdowns and well-being : evidence from Google trends

Brodeur, Abel; Clark, Andrew E.; Fleche, Sarah; … - 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many governments to implement lockdowns. While lockdowns may help to contain the spread of the virus, they may result in substantial damage to population well-being. We use Google Trends data to test whether the lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to...

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Happiness-lost : did governments make the rightdecisions to combat Covid-19?

Greyling, Talita; Rossouw, Stephanie; Adhikari, Tamanna - 2020

lockdown regulations, while amid an economic crisis. We analyse the impact of both Covid-19 and the lockdown on happiness. We … use the Gross National Happiness Index to compare the determinants of happiness before and after the Covid-19 lockdown … regulations. Further, we estimate the likelihood of happiness levels in 2020, reaching the average levels in 2019 using two models …

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