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Poverty is a public bad : panel evidence from subjective well-being data

Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people's SWB is negatively correlated with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling...

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Does the dream of home ownership rest upon biased beliefs? : a test based on predicted and realized life satisfaction

Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2020

The belief that home ownership makes people happy is probably one of the most widespread intuitive theories of happiness. However, whether it is accurate is an open question. Based on individual panel data, we explore whether home buyers systematically overestimate the life satisfaction...

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An economic analysis of the empty nest syndrome : what the leaving child does matters

Piper, Alan T. - 2021

This study is an empirical investigation of the empty nest syndrome, commonly understood as a situation where there are feelings of loss or loneliness for mothers and/or fathers following the departure of the last child from the family home. This investigation makes use of rich, longitudinal,...

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Parental child care time, income and subjective well-being : a multidimensional polarization approach for Germany

Merz, Joachim; Peters, Normen - 2019

Neither market income nor consumption expenditure provides an adequate picture of individual standard of living. It is time which enables and restricts individual activities and is a further brick to a more comprehensive picture of individual well-being. In our study we focus on a prominent part...

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Parental child care time, income and subjective well-being : a multidimensional polarization approach for Germany

Merz, Joachim; Peters, Normen - 2019

Weder marktmäßiges Einkommen noch Konsumausgaben ergeben ein adäquates Bild des indidividuellen Lebensstandards. Es ist … Komopensation/ Substitution zwischen der Zeit für die KInderbetreuung und dem Einkommen interdependent bewertet wird mit … interdependenten Beziehungen zwischen elterlicher Kinderbetreuung und Einkommen unter einem gemeinsamen Rahmen auf und tragen zur Frage …

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Wealth and subjective well-being in Germany

Jantsch, Antje; Le Blanc, Julia; Schmidt, Tobias - 2022

Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic situation, which should in turn affect their subjective well-being. We analyse empirically the relationship between life satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and...

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Subjective well-being and the family : results from an ordered probit model with multiple random effects

Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

The previous literature on the determinants of individual well-being has failed to fully account for the interdependencies in well-being at the family level. This paper develops an ordered probit model with multiple random effects that allows to identify the intrafamily correlation in...

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Is subjective well-being insured against income shocks? : evidence from 20-year panel data in South Korea

Kim, Seonghoon; Ahn, Taehyun; Kim, Seonghoon - 2024

Using 20 years of nationally representative panel data in South Korea, we estimate how life satisfaction responds to income shocks. We document that unexpected income changes significantly impact an individual's life satisfaction, and the magnitudes depend on the persistence of income shocks. We...

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Income effects on children's life satisfaction : longitudinal evidence for England

Knies, Gundi - 2017

Using longitudinal data for children aged 10-15 years living in England in 2009-2014 we test the hypothesis that income matters for children’s life satisfaction. The results suggest that children are more satisfied with life the more income their family has. Income effects are larger the less...

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Perceived wage inequality, demand for wage equalization, and life satisfaction

Hajdu, Gábor - 2024

This paper analyzes the relationship between perceived wage inequality, demand for wage equalization and life satisfaction. Using the large dataset of the Hungarian Microcensus of 2016 and a measure that quantifies perceived inequality based on respondents' wage estimates - rather than based on...

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