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Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Dorsett, Richard; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Many politicians believe they can intervene in the economy to improve people's lives. But can they? In a social experiment carried out in the United Kingdom, extensive in-work support was randomly assigned among 16,000 disadvantaged people. We follow a sub-sample of 3,500 single parents for 5...

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Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … positive and significant effect on individuals' overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …

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Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time Series Evidence

Easterlin, Richard A.; Angelescu, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

sometimes, as in the case of happiness and life satisfaction, QoL indicators remain unchanged despite a doubling or more of real … rights, happiness, and the like) associated with economic growth? International comparisons of quality of life (QoL …

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National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration

Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for …

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Competition and Well-Being

Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environment where people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no competition, the presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the...

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Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Van … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

If human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people subconsciously keep up with the weight of the Joneses). Using Eurobarometer data on 29 countries, this paper provides cross-sectional evidence that overweight perceptions and dieting are...

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Is Well-Being U-Shaped over the Life Cycle?

Blanchflower, David; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We explore the idea that happiness and psychological well-being are U-shaped in age. The main difficulty with this …

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Obesity, Unhappiness, and The Challenge of Affluence: Theory and Evidence

Oswald, Andrew J.; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

British population view themselves as overweight, and that happiness and mental health are worse among fatter people in both …

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Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

happiness, considers implications for policymakers, and explores where Australia lies in international subjective well … have some of the lowest levels of job satisfaction in the world. Moreover, among the sub-sample of English-speaking nations …, where a common language should help subjective measures to be reliable, Australia performs poorly on a range of happiness …

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Inequality Aversion and Risk Attitudes

Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Ramos, Xavi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a …

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