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The Optimal Choice of a Reference Standard for Income Comparisons: Indirect Evidence from Immigrants' Return Visits
Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004) prediction that individuals' reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference incomeis not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600907
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The Optimal Choice of a Reference Standard for Income Comparisons: Indirect Evidence from Immigrants' Return Visits
Stichnoth, Holger - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
I propose two new tests of Falk and Knell's (2004) prediction that individuals' reference income increases with ability. To overcome the difficulty that the reference incomeis not observed in existing large data sets, I extend Falk and Knell's model to establish a link between immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596282
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You Can't Be Happier Than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - 2010
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts … household. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer … utility are more at risk than others. It may also be the case that assortative mating in terms of happiness baseline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600904
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You Can't Be Happier Than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts … household. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer … utility are more at risk than others. It may also be the case that assortative mating in terms of happiness baseline …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008474603
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Migrant's pursuit of happiness. The impact of adaption, social comparison and relative deprivation: Evidence from a "natural" experiment
Melzer, Silvia Maja; Muffels, Ruud J. - 2012
The German reunification, which several economists have called a natural experiment, provides the unique possibility to inquire the impact of migration on subjective well-being (SWB). The main goal of the research is to assessing the impact of adaptation, social comparison and relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286907
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Migrant's Pursuit of Happiness: The Impact of Adaption, Social Comparison and Relative Deprivation; Evidence from a 'Natural' Experiment
Melzer, Silvia Maja; Muffels, Ruud J. - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
The German reunification, which several economists have called a 'natural' experiment, provides the unique possibility to inquire the impact of migration on subjective well-being (SWB). The main goal of the research is to assessing the impact of adaptation, social comparison and relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818242
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Empirical Welfare Analysis in Random Utility Models of Labour Supply
Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - 2010
The aim of this paper is to apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of random utility models of labour supply. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600982
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Empirical Welfare Analysis in Random Utility Models of Labour Supply
Decoster, André; Haan, Peter - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
The aim of this paper is to apply recently proposed individual welfare measures in the context of random utility models of labour supply. Contrary to the standard practice of using reference preferences and wages, these measures preserve preference heterogeneity in the normative step of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008754944
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
to neighbours has a negative coefficient, implying that living in a high-income neighbourhood increases happiness. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600858
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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2009
to neighbours has a negative coefficient, implying that living in a high-income neighbourhood increases happiness. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017414