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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278374
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Life satisfaction and air quality in Europe
Ferreira, Susana; Akay, Alpaslan; Brereton, Finbarr; … - 2012
-being in Europe. We use a unique dataset that merges three waves of the European Social Survey with a new dataset on … environmental quality including SO2 concentrations and climate in Europe at the regional level. We find a robust negative impact of … SO2 concentrations on self-reported life satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287692
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European vs. American hours worked: assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François; Quintero-Rojas, Coralia - 2008
that the two dimensions of the extensive margin, the employment rate and the participation rate, explain the most of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268973
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Subjective Well-Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once basic needs have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319466
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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287588
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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291356
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Partner (dis)agreement on moving desires and the subsequent moving behaviour of couples
Coulter, Rory; van Ham, Maarten; Feijten, Peteke - 2011
residential mobility relate moving behaviour to the housing and neighbourhood satisfaction and pre-move thoughts of individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278495
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Evidence for a 'midlife crisis' in great apes consistent with the U-shape in human well-being
Weiss, Alexander; King, James E.; Inoue-Murayama, Miho; … - 2012
Recently, economists and behavioral scientists have studied the pattern of human well-being over the lifespan. In dozens of countries, and for a large range of well-being measures, including happiness and mental health, well-being is high in youth, falls to a nadir in midlife, and rises again in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289973
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Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403390
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Youth unemployment in Europe and the United States
Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2011
lessons have been learned that may guide future policy. We focus on Europe and USA, but introduce evidence from other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278726