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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772750
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The shadow prices of voluntary caregiving : using panel data of well-being to estimate the cost of informal care
McDonald, Rebecca; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2018
This paper uses the wellbeing valuation (WV) approach to estimate and monetize the wellbeing impacts of informal care provision on caregivers. Using nationally representative longitudinal data from the U.K., we address two challenging methodological issues related to the economic valuation of...
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Top incomes and human well-being around the world
Burkhauser, Richard V.; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; … - 2016
The share of income held by the top 1 percent in many countries around the world has been rising persistently over the last 30 years. But we continue to know little about how the rising top income shares affect human well-being. This study combines the latest data to examine the relationship...
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Have econometric analyses of happiness data been futile? : a simple truth about happiness scales
Chen, Le-Yu; Oparina, Ekaterina; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; … - 2019
Econometric analyses in the happiness literature typically use subjective well-being (SWB) data to compare the mean of … observed or latent happiness across samples. Recent critiques show that com-paring the mean of ordinal data is only valid under … studies in the economics of happiness literature have been futile. In order to salvage some of the prior results and avoid …
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 146 (2018), pp. 206-221
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Do perceptions of economic well-being predict the onset of war and peace?
Swee, Eik Leong; Zhan, Haikun; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2019
While economic deprivation is an important determinant of civil conflict, it cannot completely explain the incentives for warfare. In irregular wars, for example, both incumbents and insurgents may employ various tactics to win the hearts and minds of civilians in order to muster territorial...
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Unfairness at work : well-being and quits
D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Clark, Andrew E.; Barazzetta, Marta - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 51 (2018), pp. 307-316
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Top incomes and human well-being : evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Burkhauser, Richard V.; De Neve, … - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 62 (2017), pp. 246-257
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Can having internal locus of control insure against negative shocks? : psychological evidence from panel data
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 122 (2016), pp. 88-109
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