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The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...
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on German linked survey and administrative data. To study the causal relationship between unemployment and multiple … satisfaction, the access to economic resources and mental health. Moreover, this paper shows that becoming unemployed hinders the … effects of job loss are long-lasting, growing more profound the longer the duration of unemployment and persisting following …
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The ongoing process of climate change goes along with an increase in the frequency and severity of various sorts of natural disasters. While the existing literature has almost exclusively focused on studying the direct effects resulting from different types of disasters, the effect of changing...
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Evaluation of amenities and benefits of public service broadcasting is crucially important with the accelerated convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications and the increasing heterogeneities of media use by individuals. With the use of the microdata provided from a survey carried out by...
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We develop a theoretical model that jointly explains optimal choices and happiness. We work with constant elasticity of substitution functions for utility and happiness. Employing a choice framework, individuals are confronted with two options. When there exists a trade-off, we determine...
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Median Income, but also satisfaction regarding the financial situation, based on the latest statistical data available on the … among the last places in terms of GDP per capita or median income, and despite this the population of our country has an … that have a higher median income or GDP. …
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It has been shown that a person's relative income - compared to a reference group - has a negative impact on self … relative income is low. In this paper we study this hypothesis by estimating the effect of relative income on job mobility … characteristics. Our findings suggest that workers compare their own income to that of their neighbors, and low relative income is …
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This paper evaluates the effect of ozone pollution on individuals' subjective health satisfaction and well … sharing households with children, while not causing losses in their own subjective health. The effects are stronger for a … indirect effects through health effects for children. …
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In this paper, I propose a life cycle model of painkiller consumption that combines the theory of health deficit …
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