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In this paper, we empirically investigate a channel through which social capital may improve economic wellbeing and the functioning of institutions: political accountability. The main idea is that voters who share norms of generalized morality demand higher standards of behavior on their elected...
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This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of equivalent affluence. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to disentangle the influence of objective circumstances versus...
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This paper asks to what extent life satisfaction among immigrants remains similar to that in their country of origin … satisfaction from the country of origin is strong for migrants from developed countries and close to zero for migrants from …
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-being, they overwhelmingly focus on life satisfaction as the cognitive dimension of well-being. Little is known about the … rapidly as compared to life satisfaction. Contrary to existing studies, we find decreases in emotional well-being but not in … life satisfaction in anticipation of unemployment. …
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We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive exogenous shock" to family life. We make use of a novel...
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We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive exogenous shock" to family life. We make use of a novel...
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or geographical movement, on both life satisfaction and housing satisfaction. Controlling for individual characteristics …, some residential transitions affect life satisfaction only little, while all transitions have a significant effect on … housing satisfaction. This latter is particularly large for renters who become homeowners and move geographically, and for …
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Using representative income and time use-data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we estimate non-monetary income advantages arising from home production and analyse their impact on economic inequality. As an alternative to existing measures, we propose a predicted wage approach based...
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