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Valuing Public Goods : The Life Satisfaction Approach
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2021
This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people's preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction approach. Reported subjective well-being data are used to directly evaluate utility consequences of public goods. The strengths of this approach are compared to traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319367
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Valuing Public Goods : The Life Satisfaction Approach
Stutzer, Alois; Luechinger, Simon; Frey, Bruno S. - 2004
This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people's preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction approach. Reported subjective well-being data are used to directly evaluate utility consequences of public goods. The strengths of this approach are compared to traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071402
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Income and happiness in Afghanistan : do insecurity and violence matter?
Asadi, Mohammad Haroon; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023
We examine the relationship between household income and happiness in Afghanistan and the moderating roles of fear of … income and happiness. Additionally, we find a negative association between fear of insecurity, experiencing violence, and … happiness. Among individuals with higher incomes and a fear of insecurity, the probability of having a high level of happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444343
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The effect of the "Woman Life Freedom" protests on life satisfaction in Iran : evidence from survey data
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Fischer, Sven - 2023
This study examines the causal effect of the violent "Woman, Life, Freedom" protests in Iran during the last quarter of 2022 on individual life satisfaction. To evaluate the impact, we use two original representative surveys in Iran conducted in 2022. Our results, based on an ordered logit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340228
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The costs of organized violence : a review of the evidence
Skaperdas, Stergios - 2009
I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003861749
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The Costs of Organized Violence : A Review of the Evidence
Skaperdas, Stergios - 2021
I critically review recent studies that estimate those costs of violence and conflict that can emerge among organized political groupings, from states, religious and ethnic organizations to guerillas and paramilitaries. The review includes studies that estimate direct and indirect costs due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316344
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Calculating Tragedy : Assessing the Costs of Terrorism
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2021
The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319020
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Income and happiness in Afghanistan: Do insecurity and violence matter?
Asadi, Mohammad H.; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023
We examine the relationship between household income and happiness in Afghanistan and the moderating roles of fear of … income and happiness. Additionally, we find a negative association between fear of insecurity, experiencing violence, and … happiness. Among individuals with higher incomes and a fear of insecurity, the probability of having a high level of happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476166
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Abolishing GDP
Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372528
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Paradox lost?
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2016
happiness and real GDP per capita are not significantly positively related. The principal reason that Paradox critics reach a … happiness. For some countries their estimated growth rates of happiness and GDP are not trend rates, but those observed in … cyclical expansion or contraction. Mixing these short-term with long-term growth rates shifts a happiness-GDP regression from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450390