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Rhythms and cycles in happiness
Maennig, Wolfgang; Steenbeck, Malte; Wilhelm, Markus - 2013
This study analyses time-dependent rhythms in happiness in three aspects. We show that the Sunday neurosis exists exclusively for men with a medium level of education and both men and women with high levels of education. Men with high levels of education may even experience a weekend neurosis....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751013
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Measuring nuclear power plant externalities using life satisfaction data : a spatial analysis for Switzerland
Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2015
estimate the relationship between Swiss citizens' life satisfaction (understood as a proxy of utility) and the distance of … their place of residence from the nearest nuclear power plant. Controlling for a rich set of life satisfaction factors, we … find a statistically and economically significant satisfaction-distance gradient, whose monetary value amounts to CHF 291 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010470383
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364760
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370275
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The impact of local shocks on well-being : only a matter of perception?
Stein, Wiebke; Weisser, Reinhard A. - 2018
This paper investigates how witnessing adverse events affects individuals' perceptions and consequently their personal subjective well-being. In order to do so, we compare material well-being dynamics with changes in subjective well-being. We link GIS data on local flood shocks to an extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913317
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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
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/10010258037
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Happiness, domains of life satisfaction, perceptions, and valuation differences across genders
Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani; Farrington, Stephen - 2021
examines the effect of satisfaction with areas of life on subjective well-being (SWB), the importance of relative perceptions … compared to absolute measures in predicting overall life satisfaction, and differences in the domains of life which have the … significant effect on SWB. Satisfaction with family life and health have the largest while satisfaction with income has the lowest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520508
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Happiness, domains of life satisfaction, perceptions, and valuation differences across genders
Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani; Farrington, Stephen - 2021
examines the effect of satisfaction with areas of life on subjective well-being (SWB), the importance of relative perceptions … compared to absolute measures in predicting overall life satisfaction, and differences in the domains of life which have the … significant effect on SWB. Satisfaction with family life and health have the largest while satisfaction with income has the lowest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012508051
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Gini who? : the relationship between inequality perceptions and life satisfaction
Marchesi, Daniele; Nikolova, Milena; Angelini, Viola - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014511536
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Gini who? : the relationship between inequality perceptions and life satisfaction
Marchesi, Daniele; Nikolova, Milena; Angelini, Viola - 2024
satisfaction across 33 countries. Individuals who believe that inequality has increased in the previous 4 years are on average 8 … and changes into account does not alter the conclusions, suggesting that inequality perception matters for life … satisfaction above and beyond actual inequality. Our findings survive a battery of robustness checks, including an instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014553703