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Happiness and the persistence of income shocks
Bayer, Christian; Juessen, Falko - 2012
We reassess the empirical effect of income and employment on self-reported well-being. Our analysis makes use of a … suggested by the theory of incomplete markets, we differentiate between the effects of persistent and transitory income shocks … is rather associated with a decline in happiness. -- incomplete markets ; happiness ; income persistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575109
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Happiness and the Persistence of Income Shocks
Bayer, Christian - 2012
We reassess the empirical effect of income and employment on self-reported well-being. Our analysis makes use of a … suggested by the theory of incomplete markets, we differentiate between the effects of persistent and transitory income shocks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099795
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Subjective measures of economic well-being and the influence of income uncertainty
Schwarze, Johannes - 2008
income uncertainty from an ex ante point of view. Two different measures of subjective well being are under study …: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction … with income is more affected by ex ante than by ex post volatility of income. The ordinal version of the Van Praag approach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634082
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Happiness and the persistence of income shocks : conference paper
Bayer, Christian; Jüßen, Falko - 2013 - This version: March 1, 2013
We reassess the empirical effects of income and employment on self-reported well-being. Our analysis makes use of a two … theory of incomplete markets, we differentiate between the effects of persistent and transitory income shocks. In line with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339956
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TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness
Benesch, Christine; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - 2006
In many countries, TV viewers have access to more and more TV channels. We study whether people can cope with this and watch the amount of TV they find optimal for themselves or whether they are prone to over-consumption. We find that heavy TV viewers do not benefit, but instead report lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390601
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Limited Self-Control, Obesity and the Loss of Happiness
Stutzer, Alois - 2007
Obesity has become a major health issue. Research in economics has provided important insights as to how technological progress reduced the relative price of food and contributed to the increase in obesity. However, the increased availability of food might well have overstrained will power and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390614
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The Own and Social Effects of an Unexpected Income Shock
Kuhn, Peter; Kooreman, Peter; Soetevent, Adriaan R.; … - 2008
Each week, the Dutch Postcode Lottery (PCL) randomly selects a postal code, and distributes cash and a new BMWto lottery participants in that code. We study the effects of these shocks on lottery winners and their neighbors.Consistent with the life-cycle hypothesis, the effects on winners’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325666
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Non-employment, Ill-being and Subjective Well-being
Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2009
(as a proxy of SWB) have identified strong relations with income, labour market status and health state. In this … literature review we try to be acquainted with and analyse the dynamic effect of income, health state (ill-being) and labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494415
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Unreported Income, Education and Subjective Well-Being
Molnár, György; Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2010
. People believe that the actual income of the poor and of people with disadvantageous labour market status is considerably … undeclared income than the others. In this study we make an attempt to identify relative unreported income of different social … satisfaction and actual income. We cannot exactly prove that the unreported income of the poor is relatively not higher than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494445
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Conspicuous consumption and satisfaction
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2011
very strong assumptions. Measured income and life satisfaction offers an alternative for estimating such consumption … municipality of residence has a negative impact on own income satisfaction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316849