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The socio political demography of happiness
Peltzman, Sam - 2023
Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "… [are] you…very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321906
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The socio political demography of happiness
Peltzman, Sam - 2023
Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "[are] you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic dimensions: age,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014328228
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The Socio Political Demography of Happiness
Peltzman, Sam - 2023
Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults “… [are] you …very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?” Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014349576
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The correlates of subjective overall security
Garrone, Giovanna; Ortona, Guido - In: International journal of happiness and development 1 (2013) 3, pp. 274-293
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010338894
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Work and Television
Corneo, Giacomo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Nowadays, people in OECD countries spend about as much time watching television as earning a living. In this Paper I report a puzzling fact about those time uses: television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792338
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Economics and Happiness: Why More is Sometimes not Better
Mlčoch, Lubomír - In: Politická ekonomie 2007 (2007) 2, pp. 147-163
the longitudinal international research of the link "economics-happiness" at the frontier between economics and psychology … what a "theory of happiness" argues against a "joyless economy". The family-household is an old istitution esp. loosing in … sometimes less. The loss of happiness in market democracies (R.Lane) is the reason for a crisis of economic paradigm; it has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036569
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Social Participation and Hours Worked
Bartolini, Stefano; Bilancini, Ennio - Dipartimento di Economia Politica e Statistics, … - 2011
We investigate the relationship between social participation and the hours worked in the market. Social participation is the component of social capital that measures individuals’ engament in groups, associations and non-governmental organizations. We provide a model of consumer choice where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367516
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The Solaria Syndrome: Social Capital in a Growing Hyper-technological Economy
Sabatini, Fabio; Antoci, Angelo; Sodini, Mauro - Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione … - 2010
Paper presented at the Conference “From GDP to Well-Being: Economics on the Road to Sustainability”, Ancona, Italy, 3-5 December 2009. <p> Abstract <p> We develop a dynamic model to analyze the sources and the evolution of social participation and social capital in a growing economy characterized...</p></p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752129
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Disuguaglianze, beni relazionali ed elezioni nelle periferie di Roma
Tomassi, Federico - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2013) 1, pp. 403-450
In the city of Rome economic and territorial polarizations increased between centre and peripheral belts, paralleling suburban sprawl. Electoral data 2005-2011 highlight sharp political polarization, too. Left-wing candidates prevail where social centrality exists, i.e. in dense zones with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010699404
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Disuguaglianze, beni relazionali ed elezioni nelle periferie di Roma
Tomassi, Federico - In: Rivista di Politica Economica (2013) 1, pp. 403-450
In the city of Rome economic and territorial polarizations increased between centre and peripheral belts, paralleling suburban sprawl. Electoral data 2005-2011 highlight sharp political polarization, too. Left-wing candidates prevail where social centrality exists, i.e. in dense zones with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700786