Using data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children (LSAC), this is the first analysis for Australia to … children's cognitive outcomes. While one year of learning in Year 3 is represented by about 50 NAPLAN points, we find average … attained by children whose pre-school teachers had Diploma or Degree level (high) qualifications, identifying for the first …

We study "habituation" to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in … Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a "happiness equation" defined over several lags of income and status and … compare the long run effects. We can (cannot) reject the hypothesis of no adaptation to income (status) during the four years …

on happiness of adaptation to income and to status. We cannot reject the null hypothesis that people adapt totally to … income after four years. By comparison, significant status effects remain after this time. In the short-run (current year) a … standard deviation in income. In the long run (past four years) a one standard deviation increase in status has a similar …

effects of parents’ unemployment on their children’s subjective wellbeing in an attempt to capture the full impact of …. Using data from the German SOEP for 17-25 year olds living with their parents, this paper examines the additional indirect …