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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530303
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514865
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Economic growth evens out happiness : evidence from six surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Fleche, Sarah; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 62 (2016) 3, pp. 405-419
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626646
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011686243
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063244
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the Olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179654
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Formal institutions and subjective well-being : revisiting the cross-country evidencee
Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest … that the conclusions reached by previous studies are fairly sensitive to the specific measure of "happiness" used. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767724
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …-mobility countries turn out to be ambiguous. -- Happiness ; life satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; inequality ; income distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919894
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Inequality and happiness : when perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …. Consistent with our theoretical model, the results for high-mobility countries turn out to be ambiguous. -- happiness ; life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697799
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Formal institutions and subjective well-being : revisiting the cross-country evidence
Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest … that the conclusions reached by previous studies are fairly sensitive to the specific measure of 'happiness' used. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672559