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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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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 …

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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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Is immigration good for Europe? : long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being

O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2024

The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...

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When money does not buy happiness : the case of "frustated achievers"

Becchetti, Leonardo; Rossetti, Fiammetta - In: The journal of socio-economics 38 (2009) 1, pp. 159-167

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A note on interdependent happiness

Bolle, Friedel; Okhrin, Yarema; Vogel, Claudia - In: The journal of socio-economics 38 (2009) 5, pp. 713-721

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Determinants of subjective well-being in high and low income countries : do happiness equations differ across countries?

Sarracino, Francesco - In: The journal of socio-economics 42 (2013), pp. 51-66

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