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Explaining happiness trends in Europe
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2023
In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013502264
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Are happier people better citizens?
Guven, Cahit - 2009
This paper presents evidence on causal influence of happiness on social capital and trust using German Socio … endogeneity problem, the paper finds that happier people trust others more, and importantly, help create more social capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635321
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National wealth and the subjective well-being of nations
Engelbrecht, Hans-Jürgen - In: Wealth(s) and subjective well-being, (pp. 325-351). 2019
institutional context variables, i.e. trust and the perception of freedom, have higher correlations with the two SWB variables used … estimates reconfirm the importance of trust and, in particular, of the perception of freedom. These variables explain more of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012135073
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Social capital, subjective well-being, and happiness : evidence from a survey in various European and Asian countries to address the Stiglitz report
Tanaka, Shiori; Tokimatsu, Koji - In: Modern economy 11 (2020) 2, pp. 322-348
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Quantification and modelling life satisfaction among internal displacees in Arda Transau, Zimbabwe
Mandishekwa, Robson; Mutenheri, Enard - In: International journal of happiness and development 5 (2019) 4, pp. 298-327
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Predicting the trend of well-being in Germany : how much do comparisons, adaptation and sociability matter?
Bartolini, Stefano; Bilancini, Ennio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2011
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate the variation of subjective well-being experienced by Germans over the last two decades testing the role of some of the major correlates of people's well-being. Our results suggest that the variation of Germans' well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389112
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Unemployment and happiness : successful policies for helping the unemployed need to confront the adverse effects of unemployment on feelings of life satisfaction
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2014
Many studies document a large negative effect of unemployment on happiness. Recent research has looked into factors related to impacts on happiness, such as adaptation, social work norms, social capital, religious beliefs, and psychological resources. Getting unemployed people back to work can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421962
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What makes people happy? : an empirical investigation of panel data
Kim, Rae Yule - In: Applied economics letters 28 (2021) 2, pp. 91-94
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The economic costs of mass surveillance : insights from Stasi spying in East Germany
Lichter, Andreas; Löffler, Max; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2015
social capital as measured by interpersonal and institutional trust in post-reunification Germany. We estimate the economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308454
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Social capital and political institutions : evidence that democracy fosters trust
Ljunge, Martin - 2013
This paper finds evidence that more democratic political institutions increase trust. Second generation immigrants with … country, those whose father was born in a more democratic country express higher trust than those whose father was born in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010206754