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Is happiness U-shaped everywhere? : age and subjective well-being in 145 countries
Blanchflower, David G. - 2020
A large empirical literature has debated the U-shaped happiness-age curve. This paper re-examines the relationship … in Europe and the United States. The happiness curve seems to be everywhere. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208787
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Polluting technologies and sustainable economic development
Bertinelli, Luisito (contributor); Strobl, Eric (contributor) - 2006
We study how the import of older and more polluting technologies alters the relationship between output and environmental quality in developing countries within a vintage capital framework. Our results show that old technologies prolong the period until which pollution may eventually decrease...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003731219
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Is it beneficial to be included in a sustainability stock index? : a panel data study for European firms
Ziegler, Andreas - 2009
This paper empirically examines the effect of the inclusion in one of the most prominent sustainability stock indexes …, namely the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), on corporate financial performance. On the basis of panel data … to biased parameter estimates and thus to premature conclusions with respect to the impact of corporate sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746683
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The effect of CSR on stock performance : new evidence for the USA and Europe
Arx, Urs von; Ziegler, Andreas - 2008
This paper provides new empirical evidence for the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on corporate financial performance. In contrast to former studies, we examine two different regions, namely the USA and Europe. Our econometric analysis shows that environmental and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003761387
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Is it Beneficial to Be Included in a Sustainability Stock Index? A Panel Data Study for European Firms
Ziegler, Andreas - 2014
This paper empirically examines the effect of the inclusion in one of the most prominent sustainability stock indexes …, namely the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World), on corporate financial performance. On the basis of panel data … to biased parameter estimates and thus to premature conclusions with respect to the impact of corporate sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013070646
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Beyond GDP and back : what is the value-added by additional components of welfare measurement?
New, Sonja C. de; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2011
Recently, building on the highly polarizing Stiglitz report, a growing literature suggests that statistical offices and applied researchers explore other aspects of human welfare apart from material well-being, such as job security, crime, health, environmental factors and subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008808739
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Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013
; happiness ; race …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727586
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Beyond GDP and back : what is the value-added by additional components of welfare measurement?
New, Sonja C. de; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2011
Recently, building on the highly polarizing Stiglitz report, a growing literature suggests that statistical offices and applied researchers explore other aspects of human welfare apart from material well-being, such as job security, crime, health, environmental factors and subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935256
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What can happiness research tell us about altruism? : Evidence from the German socio-economic panel
Schwarze, Johannes (contributor);  … - 2005
for the years 2000-2004, find that the parents’ self-reported happiness depends positively on the happiness of their adult … children. A one standard deviation move in the child’s happiness has the same effect as a 45 percent move in household income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002746133
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Beyond GDP and Back : What is the Value-Added by Additional Components of Welfare Measurement?
de New (née Kassenboehmer), Sonja C. - 2011
Recently, building on the highly polarizing Stiglitz report, a growing literature suggests that statistical offices and applied researchers explore other aspects of human welfare apart from material well-being, such as job security, crime, health, environmental factors and subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130648