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Accounting for Unobserved Country Heterogeneity in Happiness Research: Country Fixed Effects versus Region Fixed Effects
Fischer, Justina AV - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Many empirical studies are ambiguous about whether good formal institutions are conducive to subjective well-being or not. Possibly, this ambiguity is caused by cross-section models that do not account for unobserved cultural and institutional effects. Using the World Value Survey 1980-2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008536074
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The Mixed Blessings of Material Progress: Diminishing Returns in the Pursuit of Happiness
Eckersley, Richard - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 1 (2000) 3, pp. 267-292
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005597916
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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … comparisons in determining happiness. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667028
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On the Use of Subjective Well-Being Data for Environmental Valuation
Moro, Mirko; Ferreira, Susana - Department of Economics, University of Stirling - 2009
This paper explores the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) data to value environmental attributes. A theoretical framework compares this method, also known as the lifesatisfaction approach, with the standard hedonic pricing approach, identifying their similarities and differences. As...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008495527
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Community Subjective Well-being, Personality Traits and Quality of Life Therapy
Kimweli, David; Stilwell, William - In: Social Indicators Research 60 (2002) 1, pp. 193-225
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403482
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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia is NOT a Paradox
Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
level of both life satisfaction and happiness than Australia. Our findings accord with numerous cross-national surveys …In 'Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia,' Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136466
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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia is Not a Paradox
Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
level of both life satisfaction and happiness than Australia. Our findings accord with numerous cross-national surveys …In “Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia,” Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032820
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Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia Is Not a Paradox
Leigh, Andrew; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
level of both life satisfaction and happiness than Australia. Our findings accord with numerous cross-national surveys …In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566588
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The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2013
In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877842
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Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Satisfaction in the Slums of Calcutta
Biswas-Diener, Robert; Diener, Ed - In: Social Indicators Research 55 (2001) 3, pp. 329-352
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009402954