Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 505
Cover Image
Occupational Status and Individual Subjective Well-Being in Italy
Ponzo, Michela - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2011) 3
This study investigates the determinants of individual subjective well-being in Italy using the 2004, 2006 and 2008 waves of the Bank of Italy Survey on Household Income and Wealth (Shiw). For Italy empirical analysis confirms the previous evidence provided in the literature on happiness. Among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357647
Cover Image
Self-reported satisfaction and the economic crisis of 2007 - 10 : or how people in the UK and Germany perceive a severe cyclical downturn
Mertens, Antje; Beblo, Miriam - 2013
of our analyses is on the pattern of life, job and health satisfaction over time and the influence of unemployment rates … more satisfied with their lives, jobs and health when unemployment is rising around them. At the same time, the overall …. Interestingly, we get similar though somewhat weaker results when looking at job and health satisfaction. Hence, though the direct …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128239
Cover Image
Income, aspirations and the Hedonic Treadmill in a poor society
Knight, John; Gunatilaka, Ramani - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 82 (2012) 1, pp. 67-81
A specially designed household survey for rural China is used to analyse the determinants of aspirations for income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576954
Cover Image
Income, Aspirations and the Hedonic Treadmill in a Poor Society
Knight, John; Gunatilaka, Ramani - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2009
A specially designed household survey for rural China is used to analyse the determinants of aspirations for income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008495344
Cover Image
Subjective Well-being and its Determinants in Rural China
Knight, John; Song, Lina - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2007
A national household survey for 2002, containing a specially designed module on subjective well-being, is used to estimate pioneering happiness functions in rural China. The variables predicted by economic theory to be important for happiness are relatively unimportant. The analysis suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090657
Cover Image
Is There an "Iron Law of Happiness"?
Easterlin, Richard A. - Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR), … - 2005
life, health, and work are important in determining the course of happiness. However, life events do not necessarily …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005132574
Cover Image
Obesity and Happiness
Katsaiti, Marina-Selini - 2010
This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross sectional data from Germany (GSOEP 2006), UK (BHPS 2005), and Australia (HILDA 2007). We examine whether there is evidence on the impact of overweight on subjective well being. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600913
Cover Image
Environment, Well-Being, and Experienced Preference
Welsch, Heinz; Ferreira, Susana - In: International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 7 (2014) 3-4, pp. 205-239
Recent years have seen a sharp increase in the use of subjective well-being data in environmental economics. This article discusses the conceptual underpinnings of using such data as a tool for preference elicitation and non-market valuation. Given the connection of those data to the notion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099783
Cover Image
The Impact of Institutions and Development on Happiness
Altindag, Duha T.; Xu, Junyue - Department of Economics, Auburn University - 2011
This paper demonstrates that institutional factors influence the subjective well-being of individuals differently in rich versus poor countries. A lower level of corruption, a more democratic government and better civil rights increase the well-being of individuals in rich countries, whereas an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862316
Cover Image
Obesity and Happiness
Katsaiti, Marina-Selini - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010
This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross sectional data from Germany (GSOEP 2006), UK (BHPS 2005), and Australia (HILDA 2007). We examine whether there is evidence on the impact of overweight on subjective well being. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636407