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We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern histories, there is no evidence on how it affected the...
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. These data provide information on citizens' happiness, levels of customer satisfaction, employees' satisfaction, mental …
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Neoclassical economic theory rules out systematic errors in consumption choice. According to the basic view … misprediction of utility. We propose the economics of happiness as a methodological approach to study these phenomena. Based on … viewing and commuting choice. …
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commuting choice using data on subjective well-being. People show substantial adaptation to a higher labor income but not to … characterized by attributes satisfying extrinsic desires and alternatives serving intrinsic needs. Thereby the neglect of … asymmetries in adaptation is proposed as an important driver. The theoretical analysis is consistent with econometric evidence on …
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commuting choice using data on subjective well-being. People show substantial adaptation to a higher labor income but not to … characterized by attributes satisfying extrinsic desires and alternatives serving intrinsic needs. Thereby the neglect of … asymmetries in adaptation is proposed as an important driver. The theoretical analysis is consistent with econometric evidence on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884223
Neoclassical economic theory rules out systematic errors in consumption choice. According to the basic view … misprediction of utility. We propose the economics of happiness as a methodological approach to study these phenomena. Based on … viewing and commuting choice. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703642
The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises … also discuss the relation (or not) between happiness and utility and discuss some non-happiness research (behavioural …
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Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This … on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation to severe disability, however, is shown to be incomplete. The …
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Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This … on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation to severe disability, however, is shown to be incomplete. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703631
Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? Using subjective well-being data, we observe an asymmetry in the way positive and negative economic growth are experienced. We find that measures of life satisfaction and affect are more than twice as sensitive to...
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