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Unemployment and subjective well-being : comparing younger and older job seekers
Pultz, Sabina; Teasdale, Thomas William - In: Scandinavian journal of work and organizational … 2 (2017) 1/10, pp. 1-12
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159333
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Does capitalism disfavor women? : evidence from life satisfaction
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023
satisfaction such that capitalism confers more life satisfaction on men than on women. We test empirically whether this concern is … for general life satisfaction. When looking at women and men separately, we find virtually no statistically significant … does not seem to favor men more than women in terms of life satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332166
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Commuting behaviours and subjective wellbeing : a critical review of longitudinal research
Tao, Yinhua; Petrović, Ana; Ham, Maarten van - In: Transport reviews : a transnational transdisciplinary … 43 (2023) 4, pp. 599-621
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014302570
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Labor union membership and life satisfaction in the United States
Flavin, Patrick; Shufeldt, Gregory - In: Labor studies journal : official journal of United … 41 (2016) 2, pp. 171-184
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A happy way to grow old? : grandparent caregiving, quality of life and life satisfaction
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 2019
study the effect of grandparents looking after grandchildren on quality of life and life satisfaction of grandparents. We … to grandfathers. The favorable effect on life satisfaction is primarily directly attributable to caring for grandchildren …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012024588
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Associations of childhood health and financial situation with quality of life after retirement : regional variation across Europe
Börnhorst, Claudia; Heger, Dörte; Mensen, Anne - 2019
Many studies have shown that childhood circumstances can have long term consequences that persist until old age. To better understand the transmission of early life circumstances, this paper analyses the effects of health and financial situation during childhood on quality of life after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998811
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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,...
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A capabilities approach to housing and quality of life : the evidence from Germany
Coates, Dermot; Anand, Paul; Norris, Michelle - 2015
capabilities and activities associated with housing have a detectable impact on housing satisfaction, and whether housing … satisfaction contributes to overall life satisfaction. Our results indicate that housing satisfaction is indeed related to overall … life satisfaction and that a wide range of different kinds of variables appear to impact housing satisfaction itself. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010532489
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Measuring progress
O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
Societal progress is characterized primarily as an improvement in the distribution of wellbeing; however, a small set of additional variables are also necessary. Social indicators based on objective measures are inherently limited by the subjective assessments necessary of "experts" to select...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013457675
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Putting subjective well-being to use for ex-ante policy evaluation
Jara, H. Xavier; Schokkaert, Erik - 2016
in terms of richer concepts of individual well-being, such as subjective life satisfaction and equivalent incomes. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584107