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Alternative values-based "recipes" for Life Satisfaction : German results with an Australian replication
Headey, Bruce; Wagner, Gert G. - 2018
In most research on Life Satisfaction (LS), it is assumed that the covariates of high and low LS are the same for everyone, or at least everyone in the West. In this paper, analysing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, with a limited replication based on Australian panel data, we estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912913
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Parents transmit happiness along with associated values and behaviors to their children : a lifelong happiness dividend?
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2012
There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have grown up, moved to their own home and partnered themselves. German panel evidence shows that transmission of (un)happiness from parents to children is partly due to transmission of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656134
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Parents Transmit Happiness Along with Associated Values and Behaviors to Their Children : A Lifelong Happiness Dividend?
Headey, Bruce - 2012
There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have grown up, moved to their own home and partnered themselves. German panel evidence shows that transmission of (un)happiness from parents to children is partly due to transmission of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098823
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Life satisfaction and relative income : perceptions and evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635744
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Policy goals in the eyes of the public : preservation of the liberal democratic order remains most important
Giesselmann, Marco; Siegel, Nico A.; Spengler, Thorsten; … - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 9, pp. 97-108
More than just a few politicians and scientists see an imbalance in policy’s primary orientation toward economic goals, especially the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In view of scientific and public discourses on prosperity, this report analyzes how voting-eligible Germans, the electorate,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613213
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Measuring well-being : W3 Indicators to complement GDP
Giesselmann, Marco; Hilmer, Richard; Siegel, Nico A.; … - 2013
Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an outdated indicator of a society's prosperity. Therefore, at the end of 2010, the German Bundestag, the federal parliament, established a study commission (Enquete-Kommission)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009741394
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Measuring Well-Being : W3 Indicators to Complement GDP
Giesselmann, Marco - 2013
Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an outdated indicator of a society's prosperity. Therefore, at the end of 2010, the German Bundestag, the federal parliament, established a study commission (Enquete-Kommission)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081278
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Life satisfaction and relative income: perceptions and evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271342
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Wie (in)stabil ist die Lebenszufriedenheit? : eine Sequenzanalyse mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP)
Schräpler, Laura; Schräpler, Jörg-Peter; Wagner, Gert G. - 2019
Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit der Analyse der Stabilität der Lebenszufriedenheit, auf Basis der Paneldaten … bereits in der Literatur vorliegende Analysen zur (In)Stabilität der Lebenszufriedenheit ergänzt und vertieft werden. Es wird … eine geringe Bildung eine signifikante Wirkung auf die Stabilität der langfristigen Lebenszufriedenheit aufweisen. Dies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012050601
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Life satisfaction and relative income : perceptions and evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003895798