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The main purpose of the present paper is to disentangle the mix-up of the notions of success and satisfaction which is … relationship and measurement. We show that satisfaction contains success as one component, and that both coincide under the … satisfaction. In the context of the discussion of both notions we also address their relationship to different types of luck. …
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Many scholars have argued that once basic needs have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
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This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
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In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
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In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291564
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zusammenfassende Bewertung der nachhaltigen Zufriedenheit des Gründers mit der Selbstständigkeit. Unter Verwendung eines großzahligen … durchgehend als wichtigste Größe für die nachhaltige Zufriedenheit. Die empirische Analyse wendet Logitmodelle an, ergänzende … thereby implies the entrepreneur's overall satisfaction with his or her self-employment. Using a large sample of 1,332 start …
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self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new … entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction” with their start-up—not because their start-up fails to deliver financial returns, but …-financial incentives of entrepreneurs. While financial success is the most important determinant of start-up satisfaction, achievement of …
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, and overall life satisfaction? Labor supply and corresponding demand are fundamental to production. Labor economists know …
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This paper uses Japanese data which includes measures of self-declared satisfaction, reference-group income, and the … colleagues, and compare their incomes more. The relationship between satisfaction and others' income is negative, and more … cell-mean income in explaining satisfaction, and would arguably make a useful addition to many existing surveys. …
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