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Political institutions and suicide : a regional analysis of Switzerland
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839373
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Social Capital and Relative Income Concerns : Evidence from 26 Countries
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Torgler, Benno - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839473
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Individual well-being in a dynamic perspective
D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003439993
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Social capital and relative income concerns : evidence from 26 countries
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Torgler, Benno - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003465285
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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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Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction : exploring different determinants across groups in society
Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor);  … - 2006
splits national populations according to gender, income and political orientation also. -- Life Satisfaction ; Happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387364
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Individual well-being in a dynamic perspective
D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003532960
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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. - 2013
differences in individual tolerance for income inequality, and the predicted influence of actual fairness. -- Happiness ; life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721827
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258037
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Poverty profiles and well-being : panel evidence from Germany
Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2015 - This version: February 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493169