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What aspects of society affect the quality of life of a minority? : global evidence from the new Gay Happiness Index
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
-country dataset covering 110 countries, the Gay Happiness Index. It covers how gays perceive public opinion about them, how they …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410468
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Does legal freedom satisfy?
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2022
Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal democracies are characterized by, e.g., the rule of law and a strong protection of civil rights, giving individuals a great deal of legally guaranteed freedom to lead their lives as they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013363038
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274890
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How persistent is life satisfaction? : evidence from European immigration
Berggren, Niclas; Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian; … - 2018
This paper asks to what extent life satisfaction among immigrants remains similar to that in their country of origin and to what extent it adapts to that in their country of residence. We employ data from 29,000 immigrants in the European Social Survey to estimate the relative importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824757
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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/10003944651
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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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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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Formal institutions and subjective well-being : revisiting the cross-country evidence
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - In: European journal of political economy 26 (2010) 4, pp. 419-430
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Does government ideology affect personal happiness? : a test
Dreher, Axel; Öhler, Hannes - In: Economics letters 111 (2011) 2, pp. 161-165
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009242385
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Inequality and happiness : when perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match$Axel Dreher, Jan Schnellenbach ...
Dreher, Axel; Schnellenbach, Jan; Bjørnskov, Christian; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 91 (2013), pp. 75-92
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