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Subjective Well-Being as Welfare Measure: Concepts and Methodology.

Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

Happiness research is on the rise, but is confounded by competing definitions of subjective well-being based on co … well-being’, ‘affect’, ‘life satisfaction’, and ‘happiness’. It describes their measurements and operationalizations in …

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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

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Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

Bjornskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …. Our findings suggest that their conclusions are qualitatively rather insensitive to the specific measure of ‘happiness …

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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2013

Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well]being...

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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

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Subjective Well-Being and Income: Is there any Evidence of Satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2013

Many scholars have argued that once “basic needs” have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing...

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Glück ? die ökonomische Analyse

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the … - 2009

an economic analysis of happiness are shown and illustrated with two specific applications. The relationship between … the value of public goods. The short discussion of governmental ?happiness policy? from a constitutional viewpoint … suggests a comparative institutional analysis of subjective well-being. The happiness revolution in economics is only at its …

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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?

Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Adam Smith, helping others is the way to higher individual well-being. This view contrasts with the selfish utility maximizer who avoids costs from helping others. The two rival views are studied empirically. We...

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Social Capital And Relative Income Concerns: Evidence From 26 Countries

Fischer, Justina AV; Torgler, Benno - National Centre for Econometric Research (NCER) - 2007

Research evidence on the impact of relative income position on individuals' attitudes and behaviour is sorely lacking. Therefore, using the International Social Survey Programme 1998 data from 26 countries this paper investigates the impact of relative income on 14 measurements of social...

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On the relation between income inequality and happiness: Do fairness perceptions matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2009

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …

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