Welfare polls are survey instruments that seek to quantify the determinants of human well-being. Currently, three welfare polling formats are dominant: contingent-valuation surveys, QALY surveys, and happiness surveys. Each format has generated a large, specialized, scholarly literature, but no...

1. Introduction: How Popular is Basic Income? -- 1.1. Basic income: From a disarmingly simple idea to a deceptively simple one -- 1.2. The popularity of basic income -- 2. Popular Support for the Ideal-typical Basic Income -- 2.1. Across the board -- 2.2. Individual differences -- 3. Popular...

Covid-19 and the measures taken to contain it have led to unprecedented constraints on work and leisure activities, across the world. This paper uses nationally representative surveys to document how people of different ages and incomes have been affected across six countries (China, South...

Losing a job has always been understood as one of the most important causes of downward social mobility in modern societies. And it's only gotten worse in recent years, as the weakening position of workers has made re-entering the labour market even tougher. "The Impact of Losing Your Job"...