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Adaptation to poverty in long-run panel data

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2014 - This version: January 2014

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010252812

Poverty profiles and well-being : panel evidence from Germany

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2015 - This version: February 2015

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493169

Adaptation to poverty in long-run panel data

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Ghislandi, Simone - 2014

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440553

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919804

Income comparisons, income formation, and subjective well-being : new evidence on envy versus signaling

Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2013

Drawing on the distinction between envy and signaling effects in income comparison, this paper uses 307,465 observations for subjective well-being and its covariates from Germany, 1990-2009, to study whether the nature of income comparison has changed in the process of economic development, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747833

Income comparison, income formation, and subjective well-being : new evidence on envy versus signaling

Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2013

Drawing on the distinction between envy and signaling effects in income comparison, this paper uses 307,465 observations for subjective well-being and its covariates from Germany, 1990 - 2009, to study whether the nature of income comparison has changed in the process of economic development,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733418

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

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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258037

Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 91 (2013) C, pp. 75-92

We argue that perceived fairness of the income generation process affects the association between income inequality and subjective well-being, and that there are systematic differences in this regard between countries that are characterized by a high or, respectively, low level of actual...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011048143

A Two-Parameter Family of Socio-Economic Health Inequality Indices : Accounting for Risk and Inequality Aversions

Mussard, Stéphane - 2016

This paper proposes a two-parameter family of socio-economic health inequality indices. First, these indices allow a … Boolean risk factor to be associated to other health dimensions. Second, multidimensional health distributions can be compared … the intensity of possible health transfers occurring between individuals, that is, the degree of inequality aversion of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979695

Aggregable Health Inequality Indices

Mussard, Stéphane - 2016

property of exogenous risk factors, i.e. health risks for which agents are not responsible for. The family of concentration … stated in order to rank two health distributions thanks to the generalized concentration curves. It is shown that the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985748

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