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Prati, Alberto - 2020

population, where more than 50,000 European citizens were asked questions about their current and past life satisfaction. We …

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The Marital Satisfaction of Differently-Aged Couples

Lee, Wang-Sheng - 2017

We investigate how the marital age gap affects the evolution of marital satisfaction over the duration of marriage … older husbands. Marital satisfaction declines with marital duration for both men and women in differently-aged couples … relative to those in similarly-aged couples. These relative declines erase the initial higher levels of marital satisfaction …

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The Flexibility of the Workweek in the United States : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup

Lozano, Fernando - 2009

In this paper I explore the flexibility of the work week in the United States, using the FIFA Soccer World Cup as a natural experiment. My empirical strategy exploits the exogenous variation that arises due to which country hosts the World Cup, as this will determine the time games are broadcast...

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Fatigue and Team Performance in Soccer : Evidence from the FIFA World Cup and the Uefa European Championship

Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013

We investigate the role of fatigue in soccer (football). Although this issue is important for the "productivity" of players and the optimal organization of national and international championships, empirical evidence is lacking. We use data on all the matches played by national teams in all the...

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Seemingly Irrelevant Events Affect Economic Perceptions and Expectations : The FIFA World Cup 2006 as a Natural Experiment

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2021

Prominent economic theories have emphasized the role of commonly held perceptions and expectations for determining macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. We provide direct evidence...

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Political Ideology, Mood Response, and the Confirmation Bias

Dickinson, David L. - 2022

discounting the validity of, dissonant information are rational strategies that may help avoid or mitigate negative emotion … behavioral bias. Nevertheless, the importance of negative emotion in triggering the need for this bias is underappreciated. This …

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American Older Adults in the Time of COVID-19 : Vulnerability Types, Aging Attitudes, and Emotional Responses

Fu, Mingqi; Guo, Jing; Chen, Xi; Han, Boxun; Ahmad, … - 2022

With 1582 respondents from the Health and Retirement Survey (HRS), this study investigates the heterogeneity in older adults' vulnerability and examines the relationship between vulnerability types, aging attitudes and emotional responses. International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule...

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Influence of Freedom of Choice on Happiness

Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, Christopher; … - 2022

The literature on happiness shows that there are many factors that influence a person s happiness. Extending previous studies, we investigate the role of the freedom of choice as a key contributing construct in influencing a person s happiness. We define two hypothetical sub-constructs for the...

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The Happy Cultural Omnivore? Exploring the Relationship between Cultural Consumption Patterns and Subjective Well-Being

Bertacchini, Enrico; Bolognesi, Valentina; Venturini, … - 2021

investigate how heterogeneity in cultural profiles is associated with overall life satisfaction and relevant domains (health … relationship between cultural participation and overall life satisfaction. Still, a more complex picture arises when considering … all the statistically significant differences in life and domain satisfaction across cultural consumption patterns. These …

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The Effect of Parental Educational Expectations on Adolescent Subjective Well-Being and the Moderating Role of Perceived Academic Pressure : Longitudinal Evidence for China

Lu, Haiyang - 2019

Although the strong positive correlation between parental educational expectations (PEE) and child academic achievement is widely documented, little is known about PEE's effects on child psychological outcomes and the mechanisms through which it may work. Hence, in this paper, using nationally...

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