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Happiness at Different Ages : The Social Context Matters
Helliwell, John F. - 2018
with greater life satisfaction at all ages, but especially so at ages 60 and above, in some samples deepening the U …-shape in age by increasing the size of the life satisfaction gains following the mid-life low …
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Now Unions Increase Job Satisfaction and Well-Being
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2022
union membership and employee job satisfaction is positive and statistically significant. This runs counter to findings in … United States we show the association between union membership and job satisfaction switched from negative to positive in the … between membership and job satisfaction is apparent in cohorts born in the 1940s and 1950s but turns positive for those born …
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The Effects of Income Transparency on Well-Being : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Perez-Truglia, Ricardo - 2019
it increased the life satisfaction gap by 21%. We provide suggestive evidence that some, although probably not all, of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891316
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Inequality of Subjective Well-Being as a Comprehensive Measure of Inequality
Goff, Leonard - 2016
The link between happiness and overall inequality is best studied using an index that incorporates different aspects of inequality, and is measured consistently in different countries. One such index is the degree to which happiness itself varies among individuals. Its correlation with both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000535
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Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel
Di Tella, Rafael - 2007
We study quot;habituationquot; to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a quot;happiness equationquot; defined over several lags of income and status and compare the long run effects. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776806
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Valuing Pain Using the Subjective Well-Being Method
Ólafsdóttir, Thorhildur - 2017
Chronic pain clearly lowers utility, but it is empirically challenging to estimate the monetary compensation needed to offset this utility reduction. We use the subjective well-being method to estimate the value of pain relief among individuals age 50 and older. We use a sample of 64,205...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950060
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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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Overseas Deployment, Combat Exposure, and Well-Being in the 2010 National Survey of Veterans
Edwards, Ryan D. - 2012
Recent military engagements in Iraq (OIF) and Afghanistan (OEF) raise questions about the effects on service members of overseas deployment, which can include service in a combat or war zone, exposure to casualties, or both. The 2010 National Survey of Veterans, which asked a broad cross section...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103805
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Trust and Well-Being
Helliwell, John F. - 2010
This paper presents new evidence linking trust and subjective well-being, based primarily on data from the Gallup World Poll and cycle 17 of the Canadian General Social Survey (GSS17). Because several of the general explanations for subjective well-being examined here show large and significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144746
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Measuring and Understanding Subjective Well-Being
Helliwell, John F. - 2010
Increasing attention is being paid in academic, policy, and public arenas to subjective measures of well-being. This promising trend represents a shift towards measuring positive outcomes in psychology and greater realism in the study of economic behaviour. After a general review of past and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013145010