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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users

Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017

This paper provides an empirical test of the rational addiction model, used in economics to model individuals' consumption of addictive substances, versus the utility misprediction model, used in psychology to explain the discrepancy between people's decision and their subsequent experiences. By...

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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users

Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017

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Putting different price tags on the same health condition: Re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; van den Berg, Bernard - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1032-1043

Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual's experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on this issue,...

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Parental unemployment and children's happiness: A longitudinal study of young people's well-being in unemployed households

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Vernoit, James - In: Labour Economics 24 (2013) C, pp. 253-263

Using a unique longitudinal data of British youths we estimate how adolescents' overall happiness is related to parents … positive influence on children's overall happiness. However, this positive association became either strongly negative or … statistically insignificant as the child grew older. The estimated effects of parental job loss on children's happiness also appear …

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What childhood characteristics predict psychological resilience to economic shocks in adulthood?

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 45 (2014) C, pp. 84-101

This paper investigates whether people’s psychological resilience to one of the most important economic shocks – job loss – can be predicted using early childhood characteristics. Using a longitudinal data that tracked almost 3000 children into adulthood, we showed that the negative effect...

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Trust and happiness: Comparative study before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshiro; Yamane, Chisako; … - 2014

The positive relationship between trust and happiness has been demonstrated by the literature. However, it is not clear … probe how the relationship between trust and happiness was influenced by the Great East Japan Earthquake by comparing the …-determined positive relationship between trust and happiness and this relationship was strengthened by disaster, especially for residents …

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Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? Laboratory Evidence from Trust and Gift Exchange Games

Drouvelis, Michalis; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

significantly moderated by an increase in happiness for the person making the judgment. …

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How much does money really matter? Estimating the causal effects of income on happiness

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Empirical Economics 39 (2010) 1, pp. 77-92

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Unhappiness and Crime : Evidence from South Africa

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2003

to offset the psychological costs of crime. Happiness is lower for nonvictimized respondents currently living in higher …

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Are there Regional Variations in the Psychological Cost of Unemployment in South Africa?

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - EconWPA - 2003

Are certain groups of unemployed individuals hurt less by unemployment than others? This paper is an attempt to test the hypothesis that non- pecuniary costs of unemployment may vary between societies with different unemployment rates. Using cross-sectional data from the SALDRU93 survey, we show...

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