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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’ approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that “women and men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822222
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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender - Differences in Well-Being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel - 2007
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paperexplores whether norms regarding the appropriate pay for women compared to menmay explain these findings. In order to capture the spatial variation in such norms, wetake community level information on citizens’ approval...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009025013
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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’ approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that “women and men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627805
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Testing Theories of Happiness
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
Happiness research in economics takes reported subjective well-being as a proxy measure for utility and has already … provided many interesting insights about human well-being and its determinants. We argue that future research on happiness in … happiness, and illustrate them with two applications. First, reported subjective well-being can contribute towards a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627769
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Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, …
partners' educational level have a negative effect on experienced life satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005628010
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Versagen in der staatlichen Krippenförderung ? Betreuungsgutscheine als Alternative
Stutzer, Alois; Dursteler, Reto - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2005
Der familienergänzenden Kinderbetreuung wird grosse wirtschaftspolitische Bedeutung zugemessen, und es fliessen immer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005162603
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Measuring Well-being Across Europe: Description of the ESS Well-being Module and Preliminary Findings
Huppert, Felicia; Marks, Nic; Clark, Andrew; Siegrist, … - In: Social Indicators Research 91 (2009) 3, pp. 301-315
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403539
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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2004
life than non-volunteers. Causality is addressed taking advantage of a natural experiment: the collapse of East Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673524
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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?
Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
life than non-volunteers. Causality is addressed taking advantage of a natural experiment: the collapse of East Germany and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703466
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Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness: A Selective Overview
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
. The economics of happiness has emerged as one of the most thriving areas in current economic research. This introductory … chapter refers to important contributions to the economics of happiness that characterize the recent developments in the area …. First, we refer to reviews of the literature, the measurement and the relationship of happiness research to welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010662940