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Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019

Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...

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The host with the most? The effects of the Olympic Games on happiness

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …

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The host with the most? The effects of the Olympic Games on happiness

Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531198

Playing an Amateur Sport in a Professional Context: Good for Gaelic Players Mental Health?

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Seamus; Kenny, Eoin - 2025

Gaelic games are traditional Irish amateur sports, two of which are Gaelic football and hurling. Although the sports … literature in this area by examining the impact that playing an amateur sport in a professional context can have on players …' mental wellbeing. The paper focusses specifically on identifying the effects that their sports-related commitments, along …

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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens? approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that ?women and men shall...

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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004

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Approval of Equal Rights and Gender - Differences in Well-Being

Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2007

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper explores whether norms regarding the appropriate pay for women compared to men may explain these findings. In order to capture the spatial variation in such norms, we take community level information on citizens' approval...

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On gender inequality and life satisfaction: Does discrimination matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2007

This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … matters does overall not affect life satisfaction. However, women are more satisfied with their lives when discriminatory …

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On gender inequality and life satisfaction: Does discrimination matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2007

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A "happiness test" for the new measures of national well-being: How much better than GDP are they?

Delhey, Jan; Kroll, Christian - 2012

Across the globe there is growing skepticism about the usefulness of GDP as a measure of national well-being. Consequently, several alternative quality-of-life (QOL) measures were developed which either aim at healing the GDP, complementing it, or replacing it. This chapter portrays some of...

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