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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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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 … still employed, a one percentage point increase in local unemployment has an impact on well-being roughly equivalent to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129126
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Happiness, Contentment and Other Emotions for Central Banks
Di Tella, Rafael - 2010
We show that data on satisfaction with life from over 600,000 Europeans are negatively correlated with the unemployment … the public is willing to accept in terms of unemployment for inflation, at least in terms of keeping the average level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759669
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Work Expectations, Realizations, and Depression in Older Workers
Falba, Tracy - 2008
We explore the impact on depressive symptoms of deviation in actual labor force behavior at age 62 from earlier expectations. Our sample of 4,241 observations is drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We examine workers who were less than 62 years of age at the 1992 HRS baseline, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012769532
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Recessions, Reeling Markets, and Retiree Well-Being
Coile, Courtney - 2010
more severe. A higher unemployment rate around the time of retirement reduces Social Security income for those in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142294
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Social Capital and Labor Market Networks
Asquith, Brian - 2019
We explore the links between social capital and labor market networks at the neighborhood level. We harness rich data taken from multiple sources, including matched employer-employee data with which we measure the strength of labor market networks, data on behavior such as voting patterns that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900794
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Effects of Employment Protection on Worker and Job Flows : Evidence from the 1990 Italian Reform
Kugler, Adriana D. - 2019
This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 employees, while leaving dismissal costs unchanged for bigger...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903630
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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