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Does Relative Income Matter? Are the Critics Right?

Layard, Richard; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen - 2009

income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same istrue but with life satisfaction as the dependant … variable. We also use the Panel to compare the effect of income comparisons and of adaptation as factors explaining the stable … - further supporting the view that comparisons matter. 4) Finally, for a panel of European countries since 1973 we estimate the …

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The Marginal Utility of Income

Layard, Richard; Mayraz, Guy; Nickell, Stephen J. - 2007

inequality. We estimate this parameter using four large cross-sectional surveys of subjective happiness and two panel surveys …

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Life satisfaction and relative income: perceptions and evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009

questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel Study we ask …

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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009

questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel Study we ask …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600858

Late-Life Decline in Well-Being across Adulthood in Germany, the UK, and the US: Something Is Seriously Wrong at the End of Life

Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Mayraz, Guy; Hidajat, Mira; … - 2010

Throughout adulthood and old age, levels of well-being appear to remain relatively stable. However, evidence is emerging that late in life well-being declines considerably. Using long-term longitudinal data of deceased participants in national samples from Germany, the UK, and the US, we examine...

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Employment and Taxes

Nickell, Stephen - 2003

This paper considers the impact of taxation policy on market work. On the basis of the evidence, we find that a 10 percentage point rise in the tax wedge will reduce overall labour input provided via the market by around 2 per cent of the population of working age. The tax wedge is the sum of...

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The impact of EU and Non-EU immigration on British wages

Nickell, Stephen; Saleheen, Jumana - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 7 (2017) 15, pp. 1-28

There is a consensus among academics that immigration has little or no effect on native British wages, but these studies have not refined their analysis by occupations. Our contribution is to extend the literature to incorporate occupations. Doing so, we find that immigration has a small...

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Why do jobless rates differ?

Nickell, Stephen; Nunziata, Luca; Ochel, Wolfgang; … - In: CESifo Forum 03 (2002) 1, pp. 50-59

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The Unemployment Challenge in Europe

Nickell, Stephen - In: CESifo Forum 11 (2010) 1, pp. 3-6

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Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment in OECD Countries

Nickell, Stephen - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 2, pp. 13-26

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