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Social Capital and Prosocial Behaviour as Sources of Well-Being
Helliwell, John F.; Aknin, Lara B.; Shiplett, Hugh; … - 2021
This paper surveys evidence documenting positive linkages among social capital, prosocial behaviour, and subjective well-being. Whether in the workplace, at home, in the community, or among nations, better and deeper social connections, and especially higher levels of trust are linked to higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013224954
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Well-Being and Social Capital : Does Suicide Pose a Puzzle?
Helliwell, John F. - 2021
This paper has a double purpose: to see how well Durkheim's (1897) findings apply a century later, and to see if the beneficial effects of social capital on suicide prevention are parallel to those already found for subjective well-being (Helliwell 2003). The results show that more social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233897
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How Much is Social Capital Worth?
Helliwell, John F. - 2010
This paper uses data from global and Canadian surveys data to estimate the powerful linkages between social connections, their related social identities, and subjective well-being. Our explanatory variables include several measures of the extent and frequency of use of social networks, combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143170
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A Welfarist Role for Nonwelfarist Rules : An Example with Envy
Weinzierl, Matthew - 2017
driven by envy even though it generates direct utilitarian gains. That share rises as the role of envy is made more salient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951872
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New Measures of the Costs of Unemployment : Evidence from the Subjective Well-Being of 3.3 Million Americans
Helliwell, John F. - 2011
Using two large US surveys, we estimate the effects of unemployment on the subjective well-being of the unemployed and the rest of the population. For the unemployed, the non-pecuniary costs of unemployment are several times as large as those due to lower incomes, while the indirect effect at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129126
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International Happiness
Blanchflower, David G. - 2011
This paper describes the findings from a new, and intrinsically interdisciplinary, literature on happiness and human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131673
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Life at the Top : The Benefits of Height
Deaton, Angus - 2011
emotions such as enjoyment and happiness. They are also less likely to report a range of negative experiences, like sadness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134585
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Sustainability and the Measurement of Wealth
Arrow, Kenneth J. - 2010
We develop a consistent and comprehensive theoretical framework for assessing whether economic growth is compatible with sustaining well-being over time. The framework focuses on whether a comprehensive measure of wealth - one that accounts for natural capital and human capital as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135234
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Do Mood Swings Drive Business Cycles and is it Rational?
Beaudry, Paul - 2011
This paper provides new evidence in support of the idea that bouts of optimism and pessimism drive much of US business cycles. In particular, we begin by using sign-restriction based identification schemes to isolate innovations in optimism or pessimism and we document the extent to which such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117561
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"Beauty is the Promise of Happiness"?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2011
We measure the impact of individuals' looks on life satisfaction/happiness. Using five data sets, from the U.S., Canada … beauty. Beauty raises happiness: A one standard-deviation change in beauty generates about 0.10 standard deviations of … additional satisfaction/happiness among men, 0.12 among women. Accounting for a wide variety of covariates, particularly effects …
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