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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530303
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514865
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063244
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The Host with the Most? The Effects of the Olympic Games on Happiness
Dolan, Paul - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985759
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Who Got the Brexit Blues? Using a Quasi-Experiment to Show the Effect of Brexit on Subjective Wellbeing in the UK
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
preference for leaving the EU were 0.14 points less satisfied with life pre-referendum, with both misery (life satisfaction below … preferences enjoyed a life satisfaction rise of 0.16 points, while there was a drop of 0.15 points for those preferring to remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012940853
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Who got the brexit blues? : using a quasi-experiment to show the effect of brexit on subjective wellbeing in the uk
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Plagnol, Anke C.; Frijters, Paul; … - 2017
preference for leaving the EU were 0.14 points less satisfied with life pre-referendum, with both misery (life satisfaction below … preferences enjoyed a life satisfaction rise of 0.16 points, while there was a drop of 0.15 points for those preferring to remain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011775929
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Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Dolan, Paul - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863807
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Two pandemic years greatly reduced young people's life satisfaction : evidence from a comparison with pre-COVID-19 panel data
Neugebauer, Martin; Patzina, Alexander; Dietrich, Hans; … - 2023
they often lack a comparison group that was unaffected by the pandemic, and the observation window is usually short. Here …, we compared the 2-year development of life satisfaction of German high school students during COVID-19 (N = 2,698) with … satisfaction in winter 2020/2021 (Cohen's d = -0.40) that was approximately three times stronger than that in the general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437912
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Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people to be unhappy? : evidence from a six-country survey
Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2021
Does the COVID-19 pandemic cause people unhappy? In this study, we use a recent survey from China, Japan, South Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States to explore this question. We find a relatively large effect: a one per-mille point increase in the incidence of the COVID-19...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422564
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Mental health : the new frontier for labour economics
Layard, Richard - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
satisfaction, with mental health eight years earlier a more powerful explanatory factor than current income. Mental health also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009728324