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Bowling with Trump : economic anxiety, racial identification, and well-being in the 2016 Presidential Election

Fabian, Mark; Breunig, Robert; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel - 2020

We use well-being data from the Gallup Daily Poll and a measure of racial animus derived from Google search data to explain why racial identification became politically salient in the 2016 Presidential Election. We find that the oft-observed positive relationship between racial animus and...

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A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government

Frijters, Paul; Clark, Andrew E.; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019

In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of the Enlightenment. We then discuss possible measures on which a wellbeing orientation could be...

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Emigration, remittances and the subjective well-being of those staying behind

Ivlevs, Artjoms; Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - 2018

Despite growing academic and policy interest in the subjective well-being consequences of emigration for those left behind, existing studies have focused on single origin countries or specific world regions. Our study is the first to offer a global perspective on the well-being consequences of...

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Financial literacy, stock market participation, and financial well-being in Germany

Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Janssen, Bennet; Knebel, Caroline; … - 2023

We examine financial literacy in Germany and its relevance for financial well-being. Using data from the Panel on Household Finances collected in 2021, we show that about 62% of German households answer the Big Three financial literacy questions correctly. Those with lower education, who are out...

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Racing from Subjective Well-Being to Public Policy : A Review of the Origins of Happiness

Fabian, Mark - 2018

The Origins of Happiness makes some valuable contributions to the subjective well-being literature. Of particular note is its emphasis on mental health and criminality, and its use of a life course approach. However, the objective of the book is to explicate the causes of well-being in general...

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Enduring Happiness : Integrating the Hedonic and Eudaimonic Approaches

Tomer, John F. - 2011

In explaining individual happiness, economists have largely emphasized the hedonic, utilitarian, material, and tangible aspects of a person’s life. Another important explanation which owes much to Aristotle’s thought emphasizes the eudaimonic, the realization of a person’s inherent...

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Happy House : Spousal Weight and Individual Well-Being

Clark, Andrew; Etile, Fabrice - 2010

We use life satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) information from three waves of the GSOEP to test for social … correlated with own satisfaction. Own BMI is positively correlated with satisfaction in thin men, and negatively correlated with … satisfaction after some threshold. Critically, this latter threshold increases with partner’s BMI when the individual is overweight …

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Unemployment and Happiness Adaptation : The Role of the Living Standard

Luo, Jianbo - 2019

remain higher than their income. Thus, neither financial satisfaction (FS) nor life satisfaction (LS) adapts. The role of the …

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Happiness, Deprivation and the Alter Ego

Verme, Paolo - 2010

The paper focuses on satisfaction with income and proposes a utility model built on two value systems, the 'Ego' system … between the 'Ego' and the 'Alter' systems and to play the most prominent role in explaining satisfaction with income. Relative …

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Happy House : Spousal Weight and Individual Well-Being

Clark, Andrew; Etile, Fabrice - 2011

We use life satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) information from three waves of the SOEP to test for social … in the utility function be positive. Using life satisfaction as a utility proxy, semi-parametric regressions show that … the correlation between satisfaction and own BMI is initially positive, but turns negative after some threshold …

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