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Recent developments in the economics of happiness: A selective overview
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2012
. The economics of happiness has emerged as one of the most thriving areas in current economic research. This introductory … chapter refers to important contributions to the economics of happiness that characterize the recent developments in the area …. First, we refer to reviews of the literature, the measurement and the relationship of happiness research to welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291353
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010 - Version March 3, 2010
consists of the characteristics of the individuals belonging to his reference group. The vast literature about happiness … reference groups in SWB-models. In this paper we employ the reference-extended model for incorporating in happiness studies the … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379637
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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 …-shaped relation between status and happiness. The same trend is much less pronounced in data on 1000 individuals living in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548261
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Happiness and development
Nikolova, Milena - 2016
Subjective well-being (SWB) indicators, such as positive and negative emotions, life evaluations, and assessments of having purpose and meaning and life are increasingly used alongside income, employment, and consumption measures to provide a more comprehensive view of human progress. SWB...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517733
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Social network sites, individual social capital and happiness
Arampatzi, Efstratia; Burger, Martijn J.; Novik, Natallia A. - 2016
Can online social contacts replace the importance of real-life social connections in our pursuit of happiness? With the … examines the effect of SNS use on happiness for different subgroups of young adults. More specifically, we examine whether the … effect of SNSs on happiness is moderated by individual social capital, as measured in terms of frequency of social contacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011556172
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Happiness and work
Krause, Annabelle - 2014
The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The … the literature investigates potential driving effects of happiness on labor market outcomes. This article will give an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403446
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Does joining the EU make you happy? : evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris - 2016
We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern histories, there is no evidence on how it affected the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449769
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Paradox lost?
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2016
happiness and real GDP per capita are not significantly positively related. The principal reason that Paradox critics reach a … happiness. For some countries their estimated growth rates of happiness and GDP are not trend rates, but those observed in … cyclical expansion or contraction. Mixing these short-term with long-term growth rates shifts a happiness-GDP regression from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450390
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Local neighbors as positives, regional neighbors as negatives : competing channels in the relationship between others' income, health, and happiness
Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa; Graham, Carol - 2016
We develop a theoretical framework that considers four distinct explanatory channels through which neighbors' income could affect utility: public goods, cost of living, expectations of future income, and the direct effect (relative income hypothesis (RIH) and altruism). The relationship is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476321
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The analysis of human feelings: a practical suggestion for a robustness test
Bloem, Jerey R.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2021
. These data provide information on citizens' happiness, levels of customer satisfaction, employees' satisfaction, mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603839