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Subjective Well-Being, Politics and Political Economy

Frey, Bruno S. - In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 147 (2011) 4, pp. 397-415

Happiness research has significantly extended our knowledge about the factors determining individual well …-being. Several prominent scholars concluded that governments should engage in maximizing happiness. This approach is based on a … are aware of the Manipulation Principle stating that government tends to distort official happiness indicators in its …

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Wellbeing consequences of unemployment and working with a job dissatisfaction in Turkey

Uğur, Zeynep B. - In: International Econometric Review (IER) 14 (2022) 4, pp. 124-141

This study aims to shed light on the well-being of unemployed individuals in Turkey by posing two questions. First, are the unemployed unhappier compared to the employed? Second, are the unemployed even unhappier than people unsatisfied with their job? We utilize the Life Satisfaction Survey's...

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A new approach to measuring economic policy shocks, with an application to conventional and unconventional monetary policy

Inoue, Atsushi; Rossi, Barbara - In: Quantitative Economics 12 (2021) 4, pp. 1085-1138

We propose a new approach to analyze economic shocks. Our new procedure identifies economic shocks as exogenous shifts in a function; hence, we call them "functional shocks." We show how to identify such shocks and how to trace their effects in the economy via VARs using "VARs with functional...

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Dilemmas of Sheltered Employment in Poland and Greece and the Concept of Supported Employment

Kobus-Ostrowska, Dorota; Papakonstantinou, Doxa - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 24 (2021) 3, pp. 127-137

People with severe disabilities, such as severe mental disabilities and autism spectrum disorders, do not participate in the open, competitive labor market to the same extent as people without disabilities or other forms of disability. Sheltered employment is an internationally accepted approach...

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Gender, intra-household discrimination and cash transfer schemes: The case of Indian Punjab

Singh, Nadia - In: Economies 7 (2019) 3, pp. 1-13

For many years, the Punjab province of India has had the dubious distinction of having the worst sex ratio among all other states of India. In recent years, both the child sex ratio and the overall sex ratio has shown a marked improvement in the state. This paper analyses whether the improvement...

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Parental well-being in times of Covid-19 in Germany

Huebener, Matthias; Waights, Sevrin; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - In: Review of Economics of the Household 19 (2021) 1, pp. 91-122

We examine the effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of day care center and school closures, which may be regarded as a “disruptive exogenous shock” to family life. We make use of a novel...

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Can “happiness data” help evaluate economic policies?

MacCulloch, Robert - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

welfare gap between the employed and unemployed increase? “Happiness data” offer a new way to make these kinds of evaluations …

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Labor market policies, unemployment, and identity

Schöb, Ronnie - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)

perception of belonging to a specific social group) and, consequently, feelings of personal happiness and subjective well …

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Migrant well-being after leaving transition economies

Nikolova, Milena - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Most comparative research suggests that immigrants from post-socialist countries earn less than natives, work in jobs for which they are overqualified, and may experience unhappiness compared with natives, other immigrants, and non-migrants. In contrast, one study presents causal evidence which...

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Ausbau der Kinderbetreuung: Entlastung der Eltern erhöht Zufriedenheit

Schober, Pia S.; Schmitt, Christian - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 50, pp. 3-11

Beginnend mit dem Jahr 2005 und nochmals verstärkt seit 2008 wurde in Deutschland das Angebot an Kinderbetreuung für die unter Dreijährigen flächendeckend ausgebaut. Wir untersuchen, ob diese Ausweitung im Angebot - vermittelt über eine stärkere Entlastung der Mütter und Väter mit...

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