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The Social and Economic Context of Peace and Happiness

Tov, William; Diener, Ed; Ng, Weiting; Kesebir, Pelin; … - 2014

Using data from the World Values Survey and the 2006 Gallup World Poll, we examined how individual well-being was related to societal perceptions relevant for peace. Across both datasets, happy people reported greater trust and confidence in the government. Moreover, this relation was moderated...

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Measuring well-being “beyond GDP” in Asia, South-East Asia and Korea

Lee, Jihye - 2024

Existing well-being measurement initiatives in the region, such as the Quality of Life Indicators in Korea, Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness Index and Quality of Life Index in the Philippines, shed some insight on dimensions that should be considered for measuring well-being beyond GDP in...

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Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods : is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?

Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - 2014

characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities … areas with a larger proportion of own ethnic group promotes well-being. We find that satisfaction is lower among minorities …, ceteris paribus, but area concentration is associated with higher life satisfaction for certain groups. We discuss the …

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Happiness and work

Krause, Annabelle - 2014

investigates the effect of job loss and becoming unemployed, another field of study focuses on the determinants of job satisfaction … evolving around employment conditions, self-employment, and potential public sector satisfaction premiums. A smaller part of …

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Using the life satisfaction approach to value daylight savings time transitions : evidence from Britain and Germany

Kuehnle, Daniel; Wunder, Christoph - 2014

regression discontinuity design, we estimate the effect of the transitions on life satisfaction. Our results show that … individuals in both the UK and Germany experience deteriorations in life satisfaction in the first week after the spring …

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The happiness of economists : estimating the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well-being

Haucap, Justus; Heimeshoff, Ulrich - 2014

on individual life satisfaction. Controling for personal characteristics we apply innovative instrumental variable …

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Using the life satisfaction approach to value daylight savings time transitions : evidence from Britain and Germany

Kuehnle, Daniel; Wunder, Christoph - 2015

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Self-reported satisfaction and the economic crisis of 2007 - 10 : or how people in the UK and Germany perceive a severe cyclical downturn

Mertens, Antje; Beblo, Miriam - 2013

Self-reported satisfaction measures respond to a great variety of socio-demographic characteristics as well as the job … satisfaction not only for the unemployed but also for those out of the labour force and especially those in employment. The focus … of our analyses is on the pattern of life, job and health satisfaction over time and the influence of unemployment rates …

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Welfare while working : how does the life satisfaction approach help to explain job search behavior?

Wolf, Tobias - 2020

until leaving welfare status. We utilize life satisfaction to track such factors. The German PASS-ADIAB dataset combines … covariates, we find that life satisfaction of in-work benefit recipientsis negatively associated with job search, whereas the … life satisfaction. …

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The impact of bullying victimisation on mental wellbeing

Chrysanthou, Georgios Marios; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2019

satisfaction, and two mental health outcomes (emotional symptoms and hyperactivity/inattention) using the Understanding Society … satisfaction. Non-domestic bullying has a stronger adverse impact on all three mental wellbeing outcomes. Domestic sibling … victimisation does not affect life satisfaction. Lower levels of family income increase adolescent hyperactive/inattentive symptoms …

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