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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122587
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility age to the state pension in the Netherlands. We find that the mental effects are heterogeneous by gender and marital status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140023
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151993
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The joy of lottery play : evidence from a field experiment
Burger, Martijn J.; Hendriks, Martijn; Pleeging, Emma; … - 2018
the Netherlands, we find that lottery participation increased the happiness of participants before the draw. Winning a … small prize had no effect on happiness. Our results indicate that people may not only care about the outcomes of the lottery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924802
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Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010
stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … of where the economic research on happiness stands and of three directions it might develop. First, it offers new ways … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. …
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Happiness and public policy : a procedural perspective
Stutzer, Alois - 2019
This article comments on the role of empirical subjective well-being research in public policy within a constitutional, procedural perspective of government and state. It rejects the idea that, based on the promises of the measurement, we should adopt a new policy perspective that is oriented...
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The mental health effects of retirement
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2019
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Subjective well-being and partnership dynamics : are same-sex relationships different?
Chen, Shuai; Ours, Jan C. van - 2017
Partnered individuals are happier than singles. This can be because partnership leads to more satisfactory subjective well-being or because happier people are more likely to find a partner. We analyze Dutch panel data to investigate whether there is a causal effect of partnership on subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732374
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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?
Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. Following Adam Smith, helping others is the way to higher individual well-being. This view contrasts with the selfish utility maximizer who avoids costs from helping others. The two rival views are studied empirically. We...
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