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Decentralization, happiness and the perception of institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278374
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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 … 1987 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel to study the importance of different comparison standards for the empirical … correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601063
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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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SME taxation in Europe: An empirical study of applied corporate income taxation for SMEs compared to large enterprises. CIP Programme 186/PP/ENT/CIP/12/F/S01C24
Spengel, Christoph; Hausemer, Pierre; Bergner, Sören; … - 2015
This report analyses tax incentives for SMEs in 20 EU countries and five non-EU countries between 2009-2013. Its findings and recommendations are based on a review of tax codes, modelling of tax burdens using two different models, a descriptive analysis of company financial ratios, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390417
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274814
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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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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/10010282585
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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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The Happiness Gains From Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market
Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2007
Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on subjective well-being it is possible...
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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
Triebswetter, Ursula; Hitchens, D. - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 3, pp. 38-49
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