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Lower in rank, but happier: the complex relationship between status and happiness
Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2016
Case studies across the social sciences have established a positive relationship between social status and happiness. In observational data, however, identification challenges remain severe. This study exploits the fact that in India people are assigned a caste from birth. In data on 1000...
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The relationship between status and happiness : evidence from the caste system in rural India
Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2017
A large number of empirical studies have investigated the link between social status and happiness, yet in observational data identification challenges remain severe. This study exploits the fact that in India people are assigned a caste from birth. Two identical surveys of household heads (each...
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Building a Better Theory of Well-Being
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2021
the psychologists' setpoint model is wrong. Life events in the nonpecuniary domain, such as marriage, divorce, and …
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Marriage and subjective well-being in Ghana
Addai, Isaac; Opoku-Agyeman, Chris; Amanfu, Sarah K. - In: African review of economics & finance : AREF : (a … 7 (2015) 1, pp. 53-79
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Gender differences in life satisfaction and social participation
Humpert, Stephan - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 3, pp. 123-142
The paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General … Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, marginal effects of binary probit estimations on life satisfaction are presented. Strong … gender differences are observable. While sport, welfare or parental activities affect only female life satisfaction, males …
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What aspects of society affect the quality of life of a minority? : global evidence from the new Gay Happiness Index
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410468
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What Aspects of Society Affect the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2021
citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220484
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Explaining happiness trends in Europe
Easterlin, Richard A.; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2023
In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness with declining generosity. This is the principal...
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Status of Human Development Index
Singh, Ayushi - 2020
What is the need for Human Development? This research paper seeks to research the reasons for the emergence of the concept of Human Development. ‘Human development is a process of enlarging people’s choices’ (HDRO, 1990). The Human Development approach insists that the fundamental aim of...
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The cost of well-being
Pettini, Anna; Patrizi, Vincenzo; Resce, Giuliano - 2015
Since measures of well-being are meant to be an exercise in documentation, but also a tool for policies and priorities, we suggest an operative way to use them. We evaluate both technical and social efficiency of countries in producing the Better Life Index (BLI) objectives. To assess the...
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