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It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined without taking the reference process into account. The reference effect depends on how frequently individuals compare with others and on the degree of social transparency in society. In this paper we employ the...
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We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the … distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence … supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is …
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satisfaction. Furthermore, we consider the dynamics of work and leisure satisfaction because the balance between work and leisure … is an important element of life satisfaction. Fixed-effects regressions using German Socio-Economic Panel data (1984 …-2012) reveal that switching to self-employment benefits life and work satisfaction. The effects on life satisfaction are weak and …
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In this paper I analyse job satisfaction using fixed effect analysis and a multiple equation model. Overall job … satisfaction is analysed as an aggregate of satisfaction with several job aspects. I find that overall job satisfaction is mainly … determined by satisfaction with job content. All aspect satisfactions are subsequently explained from observed characteristics …
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This paper provides arguments in favor of using subjective questions as a proxy to measure welfare and well-being. This approach makes it possible to avoid having to define welfare and well-being means and having to identify the relevant indicators. Instead, individuals themselves define their...
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, trust, hours spent on other Internet sites and household income. Hence, SNSs are not a substitute for real-life social …
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Expectations and information about the growth of GDP per capita have a large influence on decisions made by private and public economic agents. It will be argued here that GDP (per capita) is far from a robust indicator of social welfare, and that its use as such must be regarded as a serious...
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In this paper we compare the new satisfaction evaluation approach, developed inthe nineties by Oswald ,Clark … previous century. We find that both approaches yield strikinglysimilar results with respect to financial satisfaction. The IEQ …
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type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables …
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life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two … income. The model is estimated using a large German panel data set. …
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