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Heterogeneity in the relationship between unemployment and subjective well-being : a quantile approach
Binder, Martin; Coad, Alexander - 2014
Unemployment has been robustly shown to strongly decrease subjective well-being (or "happiness"). In the present paper, we use panel quantile regression techniques in order to analyze to what extent the negative impact of unemployment varies along the subjective well-being distribution. In our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010365092
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Employment, late-life work, retirement, and well-being in Europe and the United States
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 5, pp. 1-30
Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and underemployment, aging populations, and unsustainable public pension systems in welfare states around the world. We examine the relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on...
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Happiness and work
Krause, Annabelle - 2014
The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The analyses are mostly based on large-scale survey data to measure subjective well-being. Whereas one large strand of research investigates the effect of job loss and becoming...
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Employee's subjective-well-being and job discretion : designing gendered happy jobs
Bastida, Maria; Neira, Isabel; Lacalle-Calderon, Maricruz - In: European research on management and business economics 28 (2022) 2, pp. 1-8
This paper analyses the influence of job discretion on employees' subjective well-being (SWB) from a gender-based approach. Specifically, it explores whether the level of discretion given to employees in performing their jobs influences their SWB and whether this impact differs between women and...
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Unemployment and subjective well-being
Suppa, Nicolai - 2021
This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well-being. Outcomes covered are general life satisfaction, affective well-being, and mental health. Special attention is paid to empirical evidence as obtained from popular panel data sets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417634
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The effect of job displacement on subjective well-being
Song, Younghwan - 2017
Using matched data drawn from the 2010 and 2012 Displaced Workers Supplements of the Current Population Surveys and the 2010, 2012, and 2013 American Time Use Survey Well-Being Modules, this paper examines the effect of job displacement on various measures of subjective well-being. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731815
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Endogeneity in the relation between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction
Hajek, André - 2013
Der Fokus dieser Arbeit liegt auf der komplexen Wechselwirkung zwischen Armut, Reichtum und Lebenszufriedenheit. Die … Konzentration gilt zentralen Bereichen des Lebens: Individuelles Einkommen, subjektiver Gesundheitszustand, berufliche Autonomie bzw …. Erwerbstätigkeit sowie der angesprochenen Lebenszufriedenheit. Die Daten dieser Publikation beruhen auf Zahlen des Soziooekonomischen …
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Does the unemployment rate moderate the well-being disadvantage of the unemployed? : within-region estimates from the European Social Survey
Hajdu, Gábor; Hajdu, Tamás - 2020
Using eight waves of the European Social Survey, we analysed how the local unemployment rate influences the well-being disadvantages of the unemployed. We estimate region fixed effects and slopes models that, unlike the standard region fixed effects approach, provide an unbiased estimate of the...
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being when facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people's forecast of their life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308432
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being when facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people's forecast of their life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334546