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The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being
Headey, Bruce; Wooden, Mark - 2004
(HILDA) Survey, this paper demonstrates that wealth, which can be viewed as providing a degree of economic security, is at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261799
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Money Doesn?t Buy Happiness ... Or Does It? : A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption
Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud; Wooden, Mark - 2004
countries wealth affects life satisfaction more than income. In the countries for which consumption data are available (Britain …, results from panel regression fixed effects models indicate that changes in wealth, income and consumption all produce … significant, though not large, changes in satisfaction levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261968
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A "happiness test" for the new measures of national well-being: How much better than GDP are they?
Delhey, Jan; Kroll, Christian - 2012
Across the globe there is growing skepticism about the usefulness of GDP as a measure of national well-being. Consequently, several alternative quality-of-life (QOL) measures were developed which either aim at healing the GDP, complementing it, or replacing it. This chapter portrays some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309614
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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012
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/10010291356
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Sorgenfreier Reichtum: jenseits von Konjunktur und Krise lebt nur ein Prozent der Bevölkerung
Groh-Samberg, Olaf - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 35, pp. 590-597
Sowohl die Einkommensarmut als auch der Einkommensreichtum haben in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren deutlich zugenommen, zu Lasten der mittleren Einkommensgruppen. Reichtum sollte auch die Freiheit von materiellen Sorgen bedeuten. Trotz der Polarisierung der Einkommensverteilung hat der Anteil...
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Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany
Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2011
nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported satisfaction with life as dimensions. We find that one third of the German …-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601067
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Families, time and well-being in Canada
Burton, Peter; Phipps, Shelley - 2010
paid work hours are negatively correlated with life satisfaction, our results suggest that inequality of well-being may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335565
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland: Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators
van Suntum, Ulrich; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600902
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Predicting the Trend of Well-Being in Germany: How Much Do Comparisons, Adaptation and Sociability Matter?
Bartolini, Stefano; Bilancini, Ennio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2011
large loss of satisfaction experienced by individuals in old age. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601056
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You Don't Know What You've Got till It's Gone! Unemployment and Intertemporal Changes in Self-Reported Life Satisfaction
Klemm, Marcus - 2011
This paper uses concurrently and - for the first time - retrospectively reported life satisfaction from the 1984 to … correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report … significantly lower concurrent satisfaction, but also recall reduced satisfaction from past unemployment well, and retrospectively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601063