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The Happiness Gains From Sorting and Matching inthe Labor Market
Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois; Winkelmann, Rainer … - Universität <Zürich> / Rechts-, Staats- und …; … - 2007
Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuableskills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match betweenjob characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on subjective well-being it ispossible to...
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Limited Self-Control, Obesity andthe Loss of Happiness
Stutzer, Alois - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2007
. We propose the economics of happiness as an approach to study thephenomenon. Based on proxy measures for experienced …
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TV Channels, Self Control and Happiness
Benesch, Christine; Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Institut für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung <Zürich>; … - 2006
In many countries, TV viewers have access to more and more TVchannels. We study whether people can cope with this and watch the amount of TVthey find optimal for themselves or whether they are prone to over-consumption. Wefind that heavy TV viewers do not benefit, but instead report lower life...
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Should National Happiness Be Maximized?
Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - Universität <Zürich> / Abteilung Wirtschaftsgeschichte; … - 2007
‘Happiness Research’ has attracted a great deal of attention in the social sciences as well as inthe general public … featuring of happiness research in the media.The next logical step would seem to be to construct a National Happiness Indicator … 1970s, theKingdom of Bhutan proclaimed that it wanted to maximize Gross National Happiness ratherthan Gross National Income …
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