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Group-Specific Redistribution, Inequality, and Subjective Well-Being in China

Deng, Peihua; Schöb, Ronnie - 2022

Using survey data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2018, this paper analyzes the relationship between income inequality, group-specific income redistribution, and subjective well-being among China's urban, rural, and migrant populations. Using narrowly defined reference...

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Calculating tragedy : assessing the costs of terrorism

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences...

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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens? approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that ?women and men shall...

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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009

In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals’ well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...

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Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel: Effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war

van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Romanov, Dmitri; … - 2010

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …' life satisfaction typically grows, and that those countries experiencing more rapid economic growth also tend to experience … more rapid growth in life satisfaction. These results together suggest that measured subjective well-being grows hand in …

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Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A.V. - 2010

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the perceived and the actual fairness of the income generation process affects this association. Building on a simple model of individual labor-market participation under...

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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl: Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare

Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014

This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...

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Direct Evidence for Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being across Reference Groups

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2015

This note provides evidence for the relationship between income comparisons and subjective well-being (SWB), using novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB...

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Involuntary Changes in Commuting Distances: Effects on Subjective Well-Being in the Era of Mobile Internet

Bettig, Katharina; Lindlacher, Valentin - 2025

Commuting is a fundamental aspect of employees' daily routines and continues to evolve with technological advancements. Yet the effects of commuting on subjective well-being remain insufficiently investigated in the context of expanding digital connectivity. This paper examines the causal...

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