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How fuel poverty affects subjective well-being : panel evidence from Germany

Biermann, Philipp - 2016

This paper uses panel data on life satisfaction of about 40,000 individuals in Germany from 1994 to 2013 to analyze the … satisfaction in terms of incidence, intensity and in comparison to income poverty. We find a negative and significant effect of … satisfaction. The impact we find is beyond the effect of mere income poverty. We classify measures of fuel poverty into several …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011549762

Predicting the trend of well-being in Germany : how much do comparisons, adaptation and sociability matter?

Bartolini, Stefano; Bilancini, Ennio; Sarracino, Francesco - 2011

large loss of satisfaction experienced by individuals in old age. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009389112

The (Subjective) Well-Being Cost of Fiscal Policy Shocks

Eklou, Kodjovi - 2020

Do discretionary spending cuts and tax increases hurt social well-being? To answer this question, we combine subjective well-being data covering over half a million of individuals across 13 European countries, with macroeconomic data on fiscal consolidations. We find that fiscal consolidations...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012840601

Do gender, child, and parent characteristics contribute to intergenerational subjective well-being mobility? : evidence from Russia during 1994-2019

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Abanokova, Kseniya - 2022

traditional income data. We find that intergenerational SWB mobility-as measured by subjective wealth and life satisfaction …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013254144

Do gender, child, and parent characteristics contribute to intergenerational subjective well-being mobility? : evidence from Russia during 1994-2019

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Abanokova, Kseniya - 2022

traditional income data. We find that intergenerational SWB mobility - as measured by subjective wealth and life satisfaction … - exists. While daughters have less subjective wealth and life satisfaction than sons, daughters have higher transmission of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187174

The importance of sampling frequency for estimates of well-being dynamics

Hoskins, Stephen; Johnston, David; Kunz, Johannes; … - 2024

Using a high-frequency panel survey, we examine the sensitivity of estimated self-reported well-being (SWB) dynamics to using monthly, quarterly, and yearly data. This is an important issue if SWB is to be used to evaluate policy. Results from autoregressive models that account for...

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On the common claim that happiness equations demonstrate diminishing marginal utility of income

Oswald, Andrew J. (contributor) - 2005

It is commonly claimed in the recent happiness literature in psychology and economics that we have proved diminishing marginal utility of income. This paper suggests that we have not. It draws a distinction between concavity of the utility function and concavity of the reporting function. --...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003257643

Death, Happiness, and the Calculation of Compensatory Damages

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2007

This paper studies the mental distress caused by bereavement. The largest emotional losses are from the death of a spouse; the second-worst in severity are the losses from the death of a child; the third-worst is the death of a parent. The paper explores how happiness regression equations might be...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775562

On the Common Claim that Happiness Equations Demonstrate Diminishing Marginal Utility of Income

Oswald, Andrew J. - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318231

Quality of life in a dynamic spatial model

Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M.; Bald, Fabian; Roth, Duncan; … - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487165

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