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age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...
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This paper models the relationship between income and reported well-being using latent class techniques applied to … strongly reject the hypothesis that individuals transform income into well-being in the same way. We show that both individual … marginal effect of income on well-being across classes will be reflected in both behaviour and preferences for redistribution. …
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This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …
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age of 30 and who have higher income. We also provide evidence of a positive selection into parenthood, whereby happier …
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...
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We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...
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