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Poverty is a public bad : panel evidence from subjective well-being data

Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people's SWB is negatively correlated with the state-level poverty ratio while controlling...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011556229

Poverty is a public bad : panel evidence from subjective well-being data

Welsch, Heinz; Biermann, Philipp - 2016

Previous research has found that subjective well-being (SWB) is lower for individuals classified as being in poverty. Using panel data for 39,239 individuals living in Germany from 2005-2013, we show that people’s SWB is negatively correlated with the state-level poverty ratio while...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582002

Does capability deprivation hurt? : evidence from German panel data

Suppa, Nicolai - 2012

The present paper explores the link between poverty as capability deprivation and current life satisfaction. Using German panel data, I examine both whether capability deprivation does hurt and whether individuals eventually adapt. To detect capability deprivation I suggest relying on the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009580077

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

Poverty is a Public Bad : Panel Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data

Welsch, Heinz - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962683

Does the Risk of Poverty Reduce Happiness?

Caria, Antonio Stefano - 2014

We investigate the unexplored link between the risk of poverty and happiness in the context of a developing country … between vulnerability and happiness, over and above a positive income effect. The result is robust and cannot be reduced to …-averse. We conclude that downside risk is an important determinant of happiness and of economic decisions under uncertainty …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055066

Poverty Profiles and Well-Being : Panel Evidence from Germany

Clark, Andrew - 2015

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026632

Economic inequality and subjective well-being across the world

Clark, Andrew E.; D'Ambrosio, Conchita - 2018

We here use repeated cross-section data from the Afrobarometer, Asianbarometer Latinobarometer, and Eurobarometer to analyse the variables that are correlated with both current and future evaluations of standards of living. These are related not only to an individual's own economic resources but...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947084

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

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