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Does Marriage Make People Happy, or Do Happy People Get Married?
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2005
' educational level have a negative effect on experienced life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089763
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Outcome, process & power in direct democracy : new econometric results
Frey, Bruno S. - 1999
Based on survey data for Switzerland, new empirical findings on direct democracy are presented. In the first part, we show that, on average, public employees receive lower financial compensation under more direct democratic institutions. However, top bureaucrats are more constrained in direct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013361015
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Happiness, economy and institutions
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2000
previously published for other countries are generally supported. Unemployment has a strongly depressing effect on happiness. A … higher income level raises happiness, however, only to a small extent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781520
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Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?
Stutzer, Alois (contributor); Frey, Bruno S. (contributor) - 2005
' educational level have a negative effect on experienced life satisfaction. -- division of labor ; marriage ; selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003158657
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Economic consequences of mispredicting utility
Frey, Bruno S. (contributor); Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - 2008
A framework is proposed for organizing phenomena related to the (mis)prediction of utility, in particular neglecting adaptation. A categorization is introduced that accounts for asymmetries in misprediction. In decision-making, goods and activities satisfying extrinsic desires are more salient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003667009
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Economic consequences of mispredicting utility
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2013
In a simple conceptual framework, we organize a multitude of phenomena related to the (mis)prediction of utility. Consequences in terms of distorted choices and lower wellbeing emerge if people have to trade-off between alternatives that are characterized by attributes satisfying extrinsic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009766248
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Economic consequences of mispredicting utility
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2013
In a simple conceptual framework, we organize a multitude of phenomena related to the (mis)prediction of utility. Consequences in terms of distorted choices and lower wellbeing emerge if people have to trade-off between alternatives that are characterized by attributes satisfying extrinsic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009753717
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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?
Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - 2021
Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623994
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Does sports make people happier, or do happy people more sports?
Frey, Bruno S.; Gullo, Anthony - In: Journal of sports economics 22 (2021) 4, pp. 432-458
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492182
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Happiness, economy and institutions
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2000
previously published for other countries are generally supported. Unemployment has a strongly depressing effect on happiness. A … higher income level raises happiness, however, only to a small extent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001459517