Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The...

This paper explores the determinants of individuals' psychological and psychosocial health using recent Health Survey for England data. We find evidence that our dependent variables, defined, respectively, from the GHQ12 and Perceived Social Support scores, are negatively related to household...

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to estimate the degree of inequality aversion. In addition, we investigate whether a reduction in inequality by the state increases individual well-being. We find that Germans are...

The focus of this paper is on the choice of the unemployed between becoming an entrepreneur or not. It contributes to the literature by empirically investigating two hitherto neglected issues: What is the impact of risk aversion and personal contact with a role model in shaping the decision to...

Die wissenschaftliche Debatte weist darauf hin, dass das Privileg kostenloser öffentlicher Parkplätze Fahrzeugbesitzer:innen dazu ermutigt, ihr Auto und die damit verbundenen Mobilitätsroutinen beizubehalten. Somit gilt die Umwidmung von Parkplätzen als wertvolle Maßnahme die Verkehrswende...

"This book argues that society must rethink the notion of formal employment and instead introduce and spread the notion of 'meaningful work' so that societies can become independent of economic growth. The excessive consumption of natural resources and the immense emissions resulting from our...