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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121060
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Early Maternal Employment and Family Wellbeing
Chatterji, Pinka - 2011
This study uses longitudinal data from the NICHD Study on Early Child Care (SECC) to examine the effects of maternal employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall health, parenting stress, and parenting quality. First, we estimate the effects of maternal employment on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122490
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Weekends and Subjective Well-Being
Helliwell, John F. - 2011
day-of-week effect for life evaluations, represented here by the Cantril Ladder, but significantly more happiness … social time of 1.7 hours in weekends raises average happiness by about 2% …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122657
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Money and Happiness : Evidence from the Industry Wage Structure
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2011
from money to happiness. I use industry wage differentials as instruments for income. This is based on the idea that at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125159
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Is Psychological Well-Being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables?
Blanchflower, David G. - 2012
-being. In cross-sectional data, happiness and mental health rise in an approximately dose-response way with the number of daily … satisfaction, WEMWBS mental well-being, GHQ mental disorders, self-reported health, happiness, nervousness, and feeling low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099132