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Information technologies and subjective well-being : does the internet raise material aspirations?

Lohmann, Steffen - 2013

invididual positionality - meaning the degree to which subjective well-being is affected by income relative to others rather than … absolute income. We provide empirical evidence that positionality and internet access are intertwined. Exploiting variation … a vital role for informational globalisation to affect positionality. …

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Information technologies and subjective well-being: Does the internet raise material aspirations?

Lohmann, Steffen - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2013

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Information technologies and subjective well-being : does the internet raise material aspirations? ; conference paper

Lohmann, Steffen - 2013

Existing work on the economics of well-being suggests that a person's subjective well-being depends to a large degree on his relative standing within his social environment. In this paper, we examine whether access to modern information and telecommunication technologies has an impact on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344634

(Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events

Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015

The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being when facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people's forecast of their life...

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(Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following life events

Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2015

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Economic Approaches to Understanding Change in Happiness

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Stutzer, Alois - 2014

Are people condemned to an inherent level of experienced happiness? A review of the economic research on subjective well-being gives reason to the assessment that happiness can change. First, empirical findings clearly indicate that people are not indifferent to adverse living conditions when...

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Aspirations and income, food security and subjective well-being in rural Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew; Gerber, Nicolas - 2016

Despite some improvements in recent years, poverty and food insecurity remain widespread and the main challenges in Ethiopia. Using individual and household level data collected in rural Ethiopia, we examine if aspirations are strongly associated with well-being outcomes, as posited in the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588699

(Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events

Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2017

The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being after facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people's life satisfaction forecasts...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168489

Happiness, domains of life satisfaction, perceptions, and valuation differences across genders

Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani; Farrington, Stephen - 2021

Happiness is strongly associated with goal attainment, productivity, mental health and suicidal risk. This paper examines the effect of satisfaction with areas of life on subjective well-being (SWB), the importance of relative perceptions compared to absolute measures in predicting overall life...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012549993

Happiness, Domains of Life Satisfaction, Perceptions, and Valuation Differences Across Genders

Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani; Farrington, Stephen - 2021

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597416

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