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The selection of pay referents : potential patterns and impacts on life satisfaction

Schneider, Simone - 2010

groupsare most detrimental to life satisfaction? The analysis is based on data from the 2008 and 2009 pretest modules of the …. The consequences of such comparisons for life satisfaction prove to be negative: the more importance an individual … attaches to income comparisons with reference groups, the lower his or her life satisfaction. Income relative to neighbors and …

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Day-care expansion and parental subjective well-being : evidence from Germany

Schober, Pia S.; Schmitt, Christian - 2013

with larger day-care growth mothers and fathers expressed greater satisfaction with the available child care. In West … Germany, the daycare expansion was positively associated with an increase in maternal satisfaction with family life, health … associations with some domains were similarly positive but reached statistical significance only for maternal satisfaction with …

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Does legal freedom satisfy?

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2022

the satisfaction people express with their freedom of choice. Using a sample of 133 countries over the period 2008 … related to satisfaction with freedom above and below a threshold level. Freedom of assembly is more positive for satisfaction … institutions are complementary with culture, income and the political system in generating satisfaction with freedom. …

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Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Patterns in Britain

Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Recent studies by economists exploring the nexus between culture and fertility have focused on cultural transmission from the origin country rather than the origin family. Our paper extends this avenue of research by investigating how family-specific ‘cultural transmission’ can affect...

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Migrant Ethnic Identity: Concept and Policy Implications

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

With globalization, the size of migration and the value of ethnicity is rising. Also Cyprus undergoes a strong process of change while experiencing large inflows of migration. The paper investigates the challenges and the potentials of migration from a European Union perspective. It advocates...

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Gender, Ethnic Identity and Work

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The European Union’s strategy to raise employment is confronted with very low work participation among many minority ethnic groups, in particular among immigrants. This study examines the potential of immigrants’ identification with the home and host country ethnicity to explain that...

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The Power of the Family

Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The structure of family relationships influences economic behavior and attitudes. We define our measure of family ties using individual responses from the World Value Survey regarding the role of the family and the love and respect that children need to have for their parents for over 70...

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Understanding Trust

Sapienza, Paola; Toldra, Anna; Zingales, Luigi - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Several papers study the effect of trust by using the answer to the World Values Survey (WVS) question "Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?" to measure the level of trust. Glaeser et al. (2000) question the...

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On the Problem of Dependent People: hyperbolic discounting in Atlantic Canadian island jurisdictions

Funk, Matt - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Prince Edward Island's Economics, Statistics and Federal Fiscal Relations Division's 33rd Annual Statistical Review reports the total value of 2006 fish landings was CAD $166.6 MM. This paper discloses a preliminary finding that the actual total value of fish landings for 2006 was approximately...

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Measuring social capital with a myograph

Roberto, Censolo; Laila, Craighero; Luciano, Fadiga; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

We study the behavior of 12 pairs of undergraduate students while they were involved in a simple coordination game requiring motor interaction. Three experimental conditions were defined according to whether a monetary prize was given to both or only one subject, if the couple was in...

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