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Top incomes and human well-being around the world
Burkhauser, Richard V.; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; … - 2016
The share of income held by the top 1 percent in many countries around the world has been rising persistently over the last 30 years. But we continue to know little about how the rising top income shares affect human well-being. This study combines the latest data to examine the relationship...
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Have econometric analyses of happiness data been futile? : a simple truth about happiness scales
Chen, Le-Yu; Oparina, Ekaterina; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; … - 2019
Econometric analyses in the happiness literature typically use subjective well-being (SWB) data to compare the mean of observed or latent happiness across samples. Recent critiques show that com-paring the mean of ordinal data is only valid under strong assumptions that are usually rejected by...
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 146 (2018), pp. 206-221
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Do perceptions of economic well-being predict the onset of war and peace?
Swee, Eik Leong; Zhan, Haikun; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2019
While economic deprivation is an important determinant of civil conflict, it cannot completely explain the incentives for warfare. In irregular wars, for example, both incumbents and insurgents may employ various tactics to win the hearts and minds of civilians in order to muster territorial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120621
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Top incomes and human well-being : evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Burkhauser, Richard V.; De Neve, … - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 62 (2017), pp. 246-257
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Can having internal locus of control insure against negative shocks? : psychological evidence from panel data
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 122 (2016), pp. 88-109
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What predicts a successful life? : a life-course model of well-being
Layard, Peter R. G.; Clark, Andrew E.; Cornaglin, Francesca - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 124 (2014) 580, pp. 720-738
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COVID-19, lockdowns and well-being : evidence from Google trends
Brodeur, Abel; Clark, Andrew E.; Fleche, Sarah; … - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has led many governments to implement lockdowns. While lockdowns may help to contain the spread of the virus, they may result in substantial damage to population well-being. We use Google Trends data to test whether the lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to...
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Longitudinal evidence for a midlife nadir in human well-being : results from four data sets
Cheng, Terence Chai; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, … - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 127 (2017) 599, pp. 126-142
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The welfare implications of addictive substances : a longitudinal study of life satisfaction of drug users
Moschion, Julie; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2017
longitudinal evidence that a drop in life satisfaction tends to precede the use of illegal/street drugs. We also find that the … current levels of life satisfaction. This provides empirical support for the utility misprediction model. Further, we find … that the decrease in life satisfaction following the consumption of illegal/street drugs persists 6 months to a year after …
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