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Mitigating life challenges to subjective well-being through civic engagement : insights from a global perspective

Wu, Fengyu; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2024

buffering the adverse effects of challenging life circumstances in three key domains-employment, marriage, and health …

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Lower in rank, but happier: the complex relationship between status and happiness

Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2016

Case studies across the social sciences have established a positive relationship between social status and happiness. In observational data, however, identification challenges remain severe. This study exploits the fact that in India people are assigned a caste from birth. In data on 1000...

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The relationship between status and happiness : evidence from the caste system in rural India

Van Landeghem, Bert G. M.; Vandeplas, Anneleen - 2017

A large number of empirical studies have investigated the link between social status and happiness, yet in observational data identification challenges remain severe. This study exploits the fact that in India people are assigned a caste from birth. Two identical surveys of household heads (each...

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Anticipation and adaptation of subjective well-being to marriage in South Africa

Pretorius, Marinda; Biyase, Mduduzi E.; Fisher, Bianca - In: Journal of economic and financial sciences : JEF 14 (2021) 1, pp. 1-9

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Does childbirth change the gender gap in well-being between partners?

Plachá, Veronika - 2024

This study examines gender disparities beyond pay gaps, focusing on the impact of childbirth on overall well-being. Traditional gender roles, especially in parenting, lead to unequal divisions of labor and affect both partners' well-being, yet the shift in well-being after childbirth remains...

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Gender differences in life satisfaction and social participation

Humpert, Stephan - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 6 (2013) 3, pp. 123-142

The paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General … Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, marginal effects of binary probit estimations on life satisfaction are presented. Strong … gender differences are observable. While sport, welfare or parental activities affect only female life satisfaction, males …

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What aspects of society affect the quality of life of a minority? : global evidence from the new Gay Happiness Index

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …

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How green self image affects subjective well-being : pro-environmental values as a social norm

Welsch, Heinz; Kühling, Jan - 2017

Recent literature has found that individuals holding a greener self-image display higher levels of life satisfaction … exists between green self-image (GSI) and life satisfaction (LS), both European-wide and at the national level. In order to …

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All in the Family : How Do Social Capital and Material Wellbeing Affect Relational Wellbeing?

Menon, Martina - 2014

family wellbeing and satisfaction. We assess wellbeing using four dimensions of satisfaction with family life: satisfaction … capital matters for family life satisfaction …

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What Aspects of Society Affect the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2021

citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220484