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Beyond Happiness and Satisfaction : Toward Well-Being Indices Based on Stated Preference
Benjamin, Daniel J. - 2012
relative marginal utilities not only for happiness and life satisfaction, but also for aspects related to family, health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100684
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International Evidence on the Social Context of Well-Being
Helliwell, John F.; Barrington-Leigh, Christopher; … - 2021
and regions in the factors linked to life satisfaction, paying special attention to the social context. Our principal … findings are: First, using the larger pooled sample, we find that answers to the satisfaction with life and Cantril ladder … international and intra-national differences in life satisfaction. Third, the very significant influences of both income and social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238741
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Beaches, Sunshine, and Public-Sector Pay : Theory and Evidence on Amenities and Rent Extraction by Government Workers
Brueckner, Jan K. - 2011
The absence of a competitive market may enable public-sector workers to extract rents from taxpayers in the form of high pay, especially when public-sector workers are unionized. On the other hand, this rent extraction may be suppressed by the ability of taxpayers to vote with their feet,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129229
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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being : Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
The quot;Easterlin paradoxquot; suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader array of countries, we establish a clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758453
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How's Your Government? International Evidence Linking Good Government and Well-Being
Helliwell, John F. - 2010
In this paper we employ World Values Survey measures of life satisfaction as though they were direct measures of … life satisfaction is more closely linked to several World Bank measures of the quality of government than to real per … satisfaction. We test for differences in the relative importance of different aspects of good government, and find a hierarchy of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012761758
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Another Brick on the Wall : On the Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being
Bando, Rosangela; Galiani, Sebastian; Gertler, Paul J. - 2022
Public expenditures on non-contributory pensions are equivalent to at least 1 percent of GDP in several countries in Latin America and is expected to increase. We explore the effect of non-contributory pensions on the well-being of the beneficiary population by studying the Pensiones...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014238418
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Challenges in Constructing a Survey-Based Well-Being Index
Benjamin, Daniel J. - 2017
Many in both government and academia are showing renewed interest in developing new measures of national well-being. A new measure that goes “beyond GDP” to comprehensively capture non-market goods could be a useful supplement to traditional economic indicators for guiding policy and more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964392
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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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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