focused on the other direction. We use cross-country panel data for the time period 1960-2005 to estimate war-related changes … in income inequality. Our results indicate rising levels of inequality during war and especially in the early period of … post-war reconstruction. However, we find that this rise in income inequality is not permanent. While inequality peaks …

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for … vary in religiosity between secular and ultra-orthodox. We find a significant effect of religiosity on happiness. With … respect to Jewish families it is most striking that the impact of family size on both life and financial satisfaction seems to …

-negligible importance in explaining international heterogeneity in happiness. In some countries, such as France, they are responsible for 80 …This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of equivalent … affluence. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … positive and significant effect on individuals' overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …

While descriptive evidence suggests that deployment in the Global War on Terrorism is associated with adverse mental …

In this paper, we investigate the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status (SES) and health of older … Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 2009. This survey provides detailed data on events in childhood including those during the war as … well as several measures of exposure to war shocks such as experience of dispossession, persecution, combat in local areas …

variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …