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The effects of the Affordable Care Act medicaid expansion on subjective well-being

Kim, Seonghoon; Koh, Kanghyock - 2019

significantly improved the overall life satisfaction of low-income non-elderly adults. Various sensitivity checks and falsification …

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The relationship between status and happiness : evidence from the caste system in rural India

Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2017

A large number of empirical studies have investigated the link between social status and happiness, yet in …

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Using life satisfaction and happiness data for environmental valuation : an experienced preference approach

Ferreira, Susana; Moro, Mirko; Welsch, Heinz - 2024

A growing literature in economics uses subjective well-being data collected in surveys as a proxy for utility. Environmental economists have combined these data with the public goods experienced by respondents using a novel non-market valuation approach: the experienced preference approach. In...

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Are more equal societies happier? : subjective well-being, income inequality, and redistribution

Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2013

Using four waves of the European Social Survey, we analyze the association of income inequality and redistribution with subjective well-being. Our results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, while reduction of inequality has a positive effect on...

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Reduction of income inequality and subjective well-being in Europe

Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2014

Using four waves of the European Social Survey (179,273 individuals from 29 countries) the authors analyze the association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are negatively affected by income...

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Reduction of income inequality and subjective well-being in Europe

Hajdu, Tamás; Hajdu, Gábor - 2014

Using four waves of the European Social Survey (179,273 individuals from 29 countries) the authors analyze the association of reduction of income inequality by governmental taxes and transfers (redistribution) with subjective well-being. Their results provide evidence that people in Europe are...

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What (if anything) do satisfaction scores tell us about the intertemporal change in living conditions?

Wunder, Christoph; Schwarze, Johannes - 2010

This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …

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Subjective measures of economic well-being and the influence of income uncertainty

Schwarze, Johannes - 2008

: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction …

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Happiness and Development

Nikolova, Milena - 2016

Subjective well-being (SWB) indicators, such as positive and negative emotions, life evaluations, and assessments of having purpose and meaning and life are increasingly used alongside income, employment, and consumption measures to provide a more comprehensive view of human progress. SWB...

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The happiness-income paradox revisited

Easterlin, Richard A.; McVey, Laura Angelescu; Switek, … - 2011

The striking thing about the happiness-income paradox is that over the long-term - usually a period of 10 y or more … - happiness does not increase as a country's income rises. Heretofore the evidence for this was limited to developed countries …. This article presents evidence that the long term nil relationship between happiness and income holds also for a number of …

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