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Life satisfaction and material well-being of children in the UK
Knies, Gundi - 2012
Life satisfaction is increasingly recognised as a desirable individual outcome. Policy attention with respect to child … that child life satisfaction is not associated with household income (poverty), or with a set of new material deprivation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570749
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Subjective questions to measure welfare and well-being
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2002
This paper provides arguments in favor of using subjective questions as a proxy to measure welfare and well-being. This approach makes it possible to avoid having to define welfare and well-being means and having to identify the relevant indicators. Instead, individuals themselves define their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326409
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530303
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514865
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Subjective well-being in China, 2005-2010 : the role of relative income, gender and location
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Xiao, Saizi; Yeoh, Kok Kheng - 2016
We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449772
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Subjective Well-Being and Relative Poverty in Rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2012
own household income, respondents report higher satisfaction levels when they experience an increase in their income over … also report less satisfaction with life. At the same time, our evidence suggests that relative wealth effect is stronger … for the rich. Similarly, in villages with higher inequality, individuals report less satisfaction with life. However, when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105995
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Subjective Well-Being in China, 2005-2010 : The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2016
We use data from two rounds of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) to study the determinants of subjective well-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001231
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Road to Mental Health : From Personality Through Subjective Well-Being
K Damodaran, Deepa - 2015
of novices in the field, and while evaluating their job satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013019595
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Isolation and well-being in the time of lockdown
Bourdeau-Lepage, Lise; Kotosz, Balázs - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 8 (2021) 2, pp. 83-97
In response to the Covid 19 health crisis, the French government has imposed various measures, referred to as social-distancing measures, including a lockdown with the primary objective of reducing face-to-face interactions between people in order to limit the spread of the virus. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012807585
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Life Satisfaction Over Time Among Rural Low-Income Mothers
Mammen, Sheila - 2009
The satisfaction with life (SWL) among rural low-income mothers was assessed using a sample of 163 mothers who … capital (health, human, personal and social) as well as the mothers' levels of life satisfaction from prior years. Nearly two …-thirds of the rural mothers were satisfied with their life in all three years. Their level of satisfaction appeared to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012719068