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Self-selection and subjective well-being : copula models with an application to public and private sector work
Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
application to public and private sector job satisfaction, and using data on male workers from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011633498
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Overoptimistic entrepreneurs : predicting wellbeing consequences of self-employment
Odermatt, Reto; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Stutzer, Alois - 2017
satisfaction with their actual life satisfaction five years later on. This overoptimism also holds for those entrepreneurs who … reflected in higher working hours than desired and the drop in leisure satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738890
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Are newly self-employed overly optimistic about their future well-being?
Odermatt, Reto; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Stutzer, Alois - In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics 95 (2021), pp. 1-15
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Happiness, economy and institutions
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2000
A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise s elf-reported individual well-being. This positive effect can be attributed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781520
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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens' approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that "women and men shall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450210
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Subjective well-being and public policy
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2017
Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011743539
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Beyond Bentham : measuring procedural utility
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2001
We propose that outcome utility and process utility can be distinguished and empirically measured. People gain procedural utility from participating in the political decision-making process itself, irrespective of the outcome. Nationals enjoy both outcome and process utility, while foreigners...
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308432
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334546
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Recent developments in the economics of happiness
Frey, Bruno S. - 2013
social capital and health for well-being and the new life satisfaction approach to valuing public goods. Work on utility … Satisfaction Approach', Economic Journal, 119 (536), March, 482-515 -- Daniel Kahneman and Richard H. Thaler (2006), 'Anomalies … Diener, Yannis Georgellis and Richard E. Lucas (2008), 'Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852174