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Information technologies and subjective well-being : does the internet raise material aspirations? ; conference paper
Lohmann, Steffen - 2013
internet as a source of information derive relatively less life satisfaction from the same level of income. Using panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344634
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Healthy, wealthy, wise, and happy? : an exploratory analysis of the interplay between aging and subjective well-being in low and middle income countries
Flores, Gabriela; Ingenhaag, Michael; Maurer, Jürgen - 2013
In this paper, we address the relationship between age and several dimension of subjective wellbeing. Whilst literature generally finds a U-shaped age-profile in subjective well-being, this agepattern might only hold after controlling for objective life circumstances. The observed U-shaped...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223137
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On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009
In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a two-period model of individual life-time utility maximization, we predict that persons with higher perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010258037
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International migration desires related to subjective well-being
Cai, Ruohong; Esipova, Neli; Oppenheimer, Michael; … - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
Previous research on the determinants of international migration has largely focused on objective factors, such as income. We instead use subjective well-being (SWB) to explain international migration desires, an expressed willingness to migrate. We find that individuals with higher SWB have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010372455
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Economic approaches to understanding change in happiness
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Stutzer, Alois - 2014
Are people condemned to an inherent level of experienced happiness? A review of the economic research on subjective well-being gives reason to the assessment that happiness can change. First, empirical findings clearly indicate that people are not indifferent to adverse living conditions when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348918
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International competition intensified : job satisfaction sacrificed?
Dluhosch, Barbara; Horgos, Daniel - 2016
globalization's impact on SWB has been surprisingly under-researched. This applies in particular to job satisfaction, including of … capable of capturing job satisfaction in conjunction with the income and distributional effects of offshoring. Contrary to a … regression model that combines information on offshoring and job satisfaction, lends support to our theoretical explanations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011488441
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A measure of well-being efficiency based on the World Happiness Report
Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
We propose a measure of well-being efficiency to assess countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well-being (Cantril ladder). We use the six inputs (real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164102
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Neo-humanism and COVID-19: opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable world
Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2021
A series of crises, culminating with COVID-19, shows that going "Beyond GDP" is urgently necessary. Social and environmental degradation are consequences of emphasizing GDP as a measure of progress. This degradation created the conditions for the COVID-19 pandemic and limited the efficacy of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803715
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Why does happiness respond differently to an increase vs. decrease in income?
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2021
The answer is that people's evaluations of their income situation are based on different considerations when the economy is expanding and when it is contracting. When, in the course of economic growth, incomes generally are rising, evaluations tend to be dominated by "social comparison" - what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604148
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Information technologies and subjective well-being : does the internet raise material aspirations?
Lohmann, Steffen - 2013
use the internet as a source of information derive less satisfaction from income. Together, the empirical findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009781373