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Do people choose what makes them happy and how do they decide at all? : a theoretical inquiry
Scheuer, Niklas - 2020
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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Pooling and sharing income within households : a satisfaction approach
Elsas, Susanne - 2013
satisfaction. Concerning the relation between income sharing and income pooling, I account not only for the dominance of pooling …
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Life satisfaction and inequality in Slovakia: the role of income, consumption and wealth
Banerjee, Biswajit; Tóth, Peter - 2024
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Lebensqualität aus Konsumentensicht - eine explorative Erfassung des Konstrukts mit Hilfe qualitativer Methoden
Stieger, Rebecca - 2006 - 1. Aufl.
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Role models that make you unhappy : light paternalism, social learning and welfare
Cordes, Christian; Schubert, Christian - 2010
Behavioral (e.g. consumption) patterns of boundedly rational agents can lead these agents into learning dynamics that appear to be "wasteful" in terms of well-being or welfare. Within settings displaying preference endogeneity, it is however still unclear how to conceptualize well-being. This...
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Can't buy me happiness : how voluntary simplicity contributes to subjective wellbeing
Dijk, Nadime van - 2013
lifestyles may contribute to life satisfaction. …
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The association between experiential and material expenditures and subjective well-being : new evidence from Hungarian survey data
Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2015
estimated linear and non-linear associations of experiential and material expenditures with life satisfaction. Although both … experiential and material expenditures were positively associated with life satisfaction, evidence supporting the greater return … results of the non-linear estimates indicate that to maximize life satisfaction, an average person should allocate more money …
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Are pro-environmental consumption choices utility-maximizing? : evidence from subjective well-being data
Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2010 - Rev. version
This paper studies whether pro-environmental consumption choices are consistent with utility maximization and what role the consumption behavior of reference persons and one's own past behavior play in this context. By combining data on individuals' pro-environmental consumption from a unique...
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The happy cultural omnivore? : exploring the relationship between cultural consumption patterns and subjective well-being
Bertacchini, Enrico; Bolognesi, Valentina; Venturini, … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013169299
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The happy cultural omnivore? : exploring the relationship between cultural consumption patterns and subjective well-being
Bertacchini, Enrico; Bolognesi, Valentina; Venturini, … - 2021
investigate how heterogeneity in cultural profiles is associated with overall life satisfaction and relevant domains (health … relationship between cultural participation and overall life satisfaction. Still, a more complex picture arises when considering … all the statistically significant differences in life and domain satisfaction across cultural consumption patterns. These …
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