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Micro-entrepreneurship and subjective well-being : evidence from rural Bangladesh
Bhuiyan, Muhammad Faress; Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2018
Microcredit has long been hailed as a powerful tool to promote livelihoods and reduce poverty through entrepreneurship. However, its impacts on people's subjective well-being remain underexplored. We present a unified theoretical framework for analyzing the effect of microcredit-enabled...
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On the Use of Subjective Well-Being Data for Environmental Valuation
Moro, Mirko; Ferreira, Susana - 2009
This paper explores the potential of using subjective well-being (SWB) data to valueenvironmental attributes. A theoretical framework compares this method, also known as the lifesatisfaction approach, with the standard hedonic pricing approach, identifying their similarities and differences. As...
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Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010
stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … of where the economic research on happiness stands and of three directions it might develop. First, it offers new ways … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. …
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland : Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators
Suntum, Ulrich van; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
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Happiness surveys : exclusive guides for policy?
Tichy, Gunther - In: European journal of economics and economic policies : … 11 (2014) 3, pp. 333-348
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Happiness and the emigration decision : happy people are an asset to society, and happiness may be a determinant of emigration
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2014
Happy people are healthier and more creative, productive, and sociable. Because of these positive effects of happiness …
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Life satisfaction in Germany after reunification : additional Insights on the pattern of convergence
Petrunyk, Inna; Pfeifer, Christian - 2015
The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1992 to 2013. Additionally, the East-West gap and its trend are separately analyzed for men and women as well as for...
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Marriage and subjective well-being in Ghana
Addai, Isaac; Opoku-Agyeman, Chris; Amanfu, Sarah K. - In: African review of economics & finance : AREF : (a … 7 (2015) 1, pp. 53-79
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Do people seek to maximize their subjective well-being?
Fleurbaey, Marc; Schwandt, Hannes - 2015
best contender as the "maximand" in the contest, before the ladder‐of‐life question and felt happiness. Among the other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376247
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Relative income and life satisfaction of Turkish immigrants : the impact of a collectivistic culture
Dumludag, Devrim; Gokdemir, Ozge; Vendrik, Maarten C. - 2015
This study examines the effects of social comparison with a wide range of reference groups on the life satisfaction of Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands. For two sets of ethnic and life-domain reference groups, results are obtained that deviate from the findings of recent studies and that...
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