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This paper deals with the effect of (i) damage experience from extreme weather events and (ii) expectations concerning future climate change on subjective wellbeing (SWB). We use data of a large representative survey amongst German households. The effect of experienced weather events on SWB of...
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in the effect of happiness gaps: couples are more likely to break-up when the difference in life satisfaction is …This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts … divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we …
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traditional degree program has affected first-year students’ satisfaction. Three dimensions of student satisfaction are focused … upon: Student satisfaction with teaching, student satisfaction with the organization of the study programs, as well as an … compared to the traditional programs in recent years. -- Bologna ; reforms ; evaluation ; fixed effects ; student satisfaction …
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residents, point not only to improvements in living satisfaction, but indicate also a huge potential for socio-economic cost …
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I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004)prediction that individuals'reference income increases with ability …. To overcome the difficulty that the reference income is not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell …'s model to establish a link between immigrants' reference income and their return visits to their countries of origin. I …
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accession affects income gaps. Moreover, if EU membership is refused, fear of future restrictions on immigration will lead to …
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characteristics such as the woman's level of education, or household income, have at most a marginal impact on these profiles. …
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Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration...
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Language proficiency may not only affect the earnings of the individual, but the probability to participate in the labor market or becoming employed as well. It may also affect selection of people into economic sector and occupation. In this paper, the effects of language proficiency on earnings...
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