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Limited self-control, obesity and the loss of happiness
Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - 2007
. We propose the economics of happiness as an approach to study the phenomenon. Based on proxy measures for experienced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003664856
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Limited self-control, obesity, and the loss of happiness
Stutzer, Alois; Meier, Armando N. - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 11, pp. 1409-1424
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011718422
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In the eye of the beholder: subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the …, they also prefer a lower level of overall wage inequality than what they perceive to exist. Consistent with previous … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269446
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In the Eye of the Beholder : Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the …, they also prefer a lower level of overall wage inequality than what they perceive to exist. Consistent with previous … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203829
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In the Eye of the Beholder : Subjective Inequality Measures and the Demand for Redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the …, they also prefer a lower level of overall wage inequality than what they perceive to exist. Consistent with previous … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013157028
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In the eye of the beholder : subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the …, they also prefer a lower level of overall wage inequality than what they perceive to exist. Consistent with previous … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003893801
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In the eye of the beholder : subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution
Kuhn, Andreas - 2009
occupational wage inequality and their demand for redistribution. Most importantly, the framework explicitly allows for the …, they also prefer a lower level of overall wage inequality than what they perceive to exist. Consistent with previous … that subjective inequality measures and the demand for redistribution are substantially significant predictors of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343925
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Suchard and the Emergence of Traveling Salesmen in Switzerland, 1860-1920
Rossfeld, Roman - 2011
Based on theoretical findings of the new institutional economics, this examination of the history of the Swiss chocolate company Suchard (founded in 1826) and the Verband Reisender Kaufleute der Schweiz (Association of Swiss Commercial Travelers) describes the economic significance, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012756245
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Does unemployment hurt less if there is more of it around? : a panel analysis of life satisfaction in Germany and Switzerland
Oesch, Daniel; Lipps, Oliver - 2011
This paper examines the existence of a habituation effect to unemployment: Do the unemployed suffer less from job loss if unemployment is more widespread, if their own unemployment lasts longer and if unemployment is a recurrent experience? The underlying idea is that unemployment hysteresis may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009269257
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Approval of equal rights and gender : differences in well-being
Lalive, Rafael (contributor); Stutzer, Alois (contributor) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003664936