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Testing the Relationship Between Parents’ and Their Children’s Subjective Well-Being

Casas, Ferran; Coenders, Germà; González, Mònica; … - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 13 (2012) 6, pp. 1031-1051

Casas et al. (J Happiness Stud 9(2):197–205, <CitationRef CitationID="CR8">2008</CitationRef>) found no significant relationship between paired answers given by parents and their 12–16-year-old children (N = 266) for a single-item scale on overall life satisfaction (OLS). However, a significant, but low (.19) parent–child...</citationref>

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Some Like It Mild and Not Too Wet: The Influence of Weather on Subjective Well-Being

Connolly, Marie - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 14 (2013) 2, pp. 457-473

should be aware of the potential biasing effects of the weather on their estimates. In this paper, the responsiveness of well …-being to climate and transitory weather conditions is investigated by analyzing subjective well-being data collected in the … men to the weather, and life satisfaction decreases with the amount of rain on the day of the interview. Low temperatures …

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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian (contributor); … - 2010

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...

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Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods : is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - 2014

Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...

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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009

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Self-reported satisfaction and the economic crisis of 2007 - 10 : or how people in the UK and Germany perceive a severe cyclical downturn

Mertens, Antje; Beblo, Miriam - 2013

Self-reported satisfaction measures respond to a great variety of socio-demographic characteristics as well as the job and living environment. In this paper we ask whether the recent financial market crisis has caused a deterioration of satisfaction not only for the unemployed but also for those...

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