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Very little is understood about how immigrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being of natives. We use the …
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The immigrant (foreign-born) population increased by 32 million in total across 37 European countries from 1990 to 2019. Much of this movement was from east to west. Indeed, both the total and foreign-born populations declined in the former Eastern Bloc over this period. Such demographic shifts...
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Happy people are healthier and more creative, productive, and sociable. Because of these positive effects of happiness …
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Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...
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We examine the relationship between household income and happiness in Afghanistan and the moderating roles of fear of … income and happiness. Additionally, we find a negative association between fear of insecurity, experiencing violence, and … happiness. Among individuals with higher incomes and a fear of insecurity, the probability of having a high level of happiness …
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the probability of reporting intentions to migrate. The findings of this paper raise concerns about possible 'happiness …
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We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non-economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
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health predicts higher happiness by 1.72 point or 0.82 of a standard deviation, more than four times the happiness difference … improvements predict substantial increases in individual happiness. …
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We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using the German Socio-Economic Panel, a longitudinal dataset including information on both the economic and non economic conditions of the respondents. We find that the more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053704
happiness and life satisfaction do not substantially increase with their length of stay or across generations, and therefore …
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