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Income Satisfaction Inequality and its Causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. Van - Tinbergen Institute - 2002
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137346
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Income Satisfaction Inequality and its Causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M.S. Van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2002
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to an Income Satisfaction question posed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Income satisfaction is the subjective analogue of the objective income concept and includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256672
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Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
This discussion paper led to a publication in <A HREF="https://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=UA&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=1&SID=X2NBDLnsMJR3Goz6AkG&page=1&doc=7">'CESIFO ECONOMIC STUDIES'</A>, 2007, 53(1), 42-68.<P> After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics....</p></a>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256611
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and … on the most important criticisms of GDP as an indicator of social welfare and economic progress. It further examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137102
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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard van - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642566
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Well-Being Inequality and Reference Groups - An Agenda for New Research
Praag, Bernard M.S. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256511
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C.J.M. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2007
public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and … on the most important criticisms of GDP as an indicator of social welfare and economic progress. It further examines the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257560
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Welfare Benefits of Agglomeration and Worker Heterogeneity
Teulings, Coen; Ossokina, Ioulia; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014
The direct impact of local public goods on welfare is relatively easy to measure from land rents. However, the indirect …. Welfare benefits are shown to differ sharply by workers' educational attainment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272585
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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel. Effects of Religiosity , Ethnicity, and War
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838560
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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel. Effects of Religiosity , Ethnicity, and War
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
This discussion paper led to a publication in <A href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167487010000954">'Journal of Economic Psychology'</A>, 31(6), 1008-20.<P>We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey...</p></a>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256417