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satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in health satisfaction would do. In other words, the income equivalent of … health satisfaction changes is estimated. Next, this health satisfaction changes are linked to specific diseases in order to … estimate the income equivalent for these diseases. This method uses answers to well-being and health satisfaction questions as …
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satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas forced job changes do not affect life satisfaction clearly. Using plant closures … satisfaction with family life. By investigating people's lives beyond their workplaces, our study complements research on the well …
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This paper shows that job loss is associated with a fall in subjective well-being (SWB). It then looks at how this change in SWB predicts job search and unemployment duration. The findings suggest that those who report feeling hurt by unemployment have shorter unemployment durations. Men who...
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satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in health satisfaction would do. In other words, we estimate the income … equivalent of health changes. Next, the health satisfaction changes are linked to specific diseases in order to estimate the … income equivalent for various diseases. This method uses answers to well-being and health satisfaction questions as posed in …
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We quantify the value of changes in life circumstances in Germany following reunification. To this end, we develop and … implement a fixed-effect estimator for ordinal life satisfaction in the German Socio-Economic Panel. We find strong negative … effects on life satisfaction from being recently fired, losing a spouse through either death or separation and time spent in …
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on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal characteristics we apply innovative instrumental variable … individual well-being. Additionally, we also find that income and future job chances are the most important drivers of happiness …
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satisfaction, makes residents worry more frequently, and worry more about crime in Germany. In particular, a 1% increase in the …This paper investigates the effect of local crime on well-being in Germany, using data from the German Socio … crime frequency ratio results in a 0.043 standard deviation decrease in life satisfaction. This effect is driven almost …
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and Germany and suggest that up to two, children increase happiness, and mostly among those who postpone childbearing …Understanding how having children influences the parents' subjective well-being ("happiness") has great potential to … explain fertility behavior. We study parental happiness trajectories before and after the birth of a child using large British …
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