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The Effect of Local Crime on Well-Being: Evidence for Germany
Poprawe, Marie; Krekel, Christian - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of local crime on well-being in Germany, using data from the German Socio … satisfaction, makes residents worry more frequently, and worry more about crime in Germany. In particular, a 1% increase in the …-Economic Panel (SOEP) and a novel data set constructed from official police crime statistics, covering both counties and urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011184103
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Explaining subjective well-being: The role of victimization, trust, health, and social norms
van soest, arthur; Douhou, Salima - In: Applied Econometrics 31 (2013) 3, pp. 52-78
This paper extends research on the relation between crime and happiness by investigating the impact of serious and less … serious crime (i.e. incorrect behavior) on subjective well-being using a representative survey of the Dutch adult population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010841048
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The Effect of Local Crime on Well-Being: Evidence for Germany
Krekel, Christian; Poprawe, Marie L. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
This paper investigates the effect of local crime on well-being in Germany, using data from the German Socio … satisfaction, makes residents worry more frequently, and worry more about crime in Germany. In particular, a 1% increase in the …-Economic Panel (SOEP) and a novel data set constructed from official police crime statistics, covering both counties and urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896258
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EVOLVING A COMPOSITE DEVELOPMENT INDEX OF STATES: A CRITIQUE
Singh, Ajit Kumar - In: Journal of Regional Development and Planning 3 (2014) 2, pp. 1-12
The Raghuram Rajan Committee was appointed by the Government of India to suggest methods for identifying backward States and to recommend the criteria for allocation of funds from the Central Government to the States. It is argued in this paper that the index of underdevelopment of states...
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Health–relevant leadership behaviour: A comparison of leadership constructs
Gregersen, Sabine; Vincent-Hoeper, Sylvie; Nienhaus, Albert - In: Zeitschrift fuer Personalforschung. German Journal of … 28 (2014) 1-2, pp. 117-138
There is empirical evidence that leadership behaviour is related to employee well-being. Most studies have analysed the relation between individual leadership constructs and indicators of employee well-being. There has been no systematic comparison of different leadership constructs with respect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856841
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Efficienza e Qualità della Vita
Patrizii, Vincenzo; Pettini, Anna; Resce, Giuliano - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2014
Il primo obiettivo di questo lavoro è proporre un metodo di aggregazione del Better Life Index (BLI), che non richieda alcuna scelta riguardo al peso relativo delle singole variabili; il secondo obiettivo è valutare l’efficienza nella produzione del BLI. Per entrambi i fini si sceglie di...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857759
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National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich nations' well-being; Great Britain and the US enter further down; France and Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884101
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The role of urban green space for human well-being
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Germany. We combine spatially explicit survey data with spatially highly disaggregated GIS data on urban green spaces. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886949
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Earnings-related parental leave benefits and subjective well-being of young mothers: evidence from a German parental leave reform
Maeder, Miriam - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This study investigates the causal effect of earnings-related parental leave benefits (Elterngeld) on subjective well-being of young mothers. The new subsidy was introduced in 2007, and replaced a former means-tested benefit (Erziehungsgeld). The reform changed the total amount of benefits as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904389
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Natural Disaster, Environmental Concerns, Well-Being and Policy Action
Goebel, Jan; Krekel, Christian; Tiefenbach, Tim; … - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheitsökonomik … - 2014
We study the impact of the Fukushima disaster on environmental concerns and wellâ€being in Germany and other … affected — not in Germany, Switzerland, or the UK — the disaster significantly increased environmental concerns by about 20 … considered themselves as very risk averse after Fukushima. Drastic policy action in Germany permanently shut down the oldest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010932977