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Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence

Mayraz, Guy; Wagner, Gert G.; Schupp, Jürgen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of … subjects to report (a) how their income compares to various groups, such a co-workers, friends, and neighbours, and (b) how … important these income comparisons are to them. We find substantial gender differences, with income comparisons being much …

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The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation

von Scheve, Christian; Esche, Frederike; Schupp, Jürgen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...

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Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany

Headey, Bruce; Schupp, Jürgen; Tucci, Ingrid; Wagner, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...

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A Factorial Survey on the Justice of Earnings within the SOEP-Pretest 2008

Sauer, Carsten; Liebig, Stefan; Auspurg, Katrin; Hinz, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

, which has its origins in the field of justice research and is used in particular in the measurement of income justice. We … constitute important criteria for determining what constitutes a "fair" income. The factor survey in the 2008 SOEP Pretest offers …

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