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

Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017

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Jobless, Friendless, and Broke: What Happens to Different Areas of Life Before and After Unemployment?

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University …

Using a nationally representative longitudinal data of the British people, this paper explores how different areas of a person's life are affected by unemployment. We find evidence that unemployment is preceded, on average, by a year of dissatisfaction with one's finance and job. Once...

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National Wellbeing and International Sports Events

Kavetsos, Georgios; Szymanski, Stefan - International Association of Sport Economists - IASE; … - 2008

satisfaction (happiness) for twelve European countries we test for the impact of hosting and of national athletic success on … happiness. Our data covers three different major events: the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European … impact of national athletic success on happiness, while correctly signed, is statistically insignificant. …

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Simultaneity bias in the analysis of perceived job insecurity and subjective well-being

Geishecker, Ingo - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 3, pp. 319-321

The paper assesses perceived job insecurity as a determinant of current subjective well-being and demonstrates that standard models may yield significantly downward biased estimates.

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Technological affluence and subjective well-being

Kavetsos, Georgios; Koutroumpis, Pantelis - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 32 (2011) 5, pp. 742-753

This study measures the welfare effects of technological goods using a recent European pooled cross-sectional dataset. We find that fixed and mobile phones, music players and personal computers, including those with an Internet connection, are associated with significantly higher levels of...

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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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How Much Does Money Really Matter? Estimating the Causal Effects of Income on Happiness

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2009

There is a long tradition of psychologists finding small income effects on life satisfaction (or happiness). Yet the …

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Perceived Job Insecurity and Well-Being Revisited : Towards Conceptual Clarity

Geishecker, Ingo - 2010

This paper analyzes the impact of job insecurity perceptions on individual well-being. In contrast to previous studies, we explicitly take into account perceptions about both the likelihood and the potential costs of job loss and demonstrate that most contributions to the literature suffer from...

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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 - 2018

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