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Subjective measures of economic well-being and the influence of income uncertainty
Schwarze, Johannes - 2008
: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634082
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What (if anything) do satisfaction scores tell us about the intertemporal change in living conditions?
Wunder, Christoph; Schwarze, Johannes - 2010
This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825528
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308432
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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events
Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015
data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334546
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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
systematically overestimate the life satisfaction associated with living in their privately owned property. To identify potential … prediction errors, we compare people's forecasts of their life satisfaction in five years' time with their current realizations …. We find that, while moving into a purchased dwelling is associated with higher life satisfaction, people systematically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254078
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Why is satisfaction from pro-environmental behaviors increasing in costs? : insights from the rational-choice decision-error framework
Welsch, Heinz - 2023
The literature on subjective well-being (SWB) and the environment has found robust evidence of positive net marginal SWB from pro-environmental behavior (PEB), that is, positive marginal SWB net of the associated costs in terms of money, time and effort (Finding 1). Accordingly, people could...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014283751
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The anatomy of subjective well-being
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Frijters, Paul; … - 2001
This paper contributes to the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) by taking into account different aspects of life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two-layer model where individual total SWB depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326415
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Income comparisons, income adaptation, and life satisfaction : how robust are estimates from survey data?
Pfaff, Tobias - 2013 - This version: May, 2013
variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747812
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Testing the easterlin hypothesis with panel data : the dynamic relationship between life satisfaction and economic growth in Germany and the UK
Pfaff, Tobias; Hirata, Johannes - 2013 - This version: February, 2013
per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747819
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The anatomy of Subjective Well-Being
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Frijters, Paul; … - 2001
Subjective Well-Being has increasingly been studied by several economists. This paper fits in that literature but takes into account that there are different aspects of life such as health, financial situation, and job. We call them domains. In this paper, we consider Subjective Well-Being as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435763