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A Note on Satisfaction with Life, Government and Job: The Case of Eastern Europe
Humpert, Stephan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Recent studies on life satisfaction or well-being focus on transition countries. These countries are the Central Eastern European and Baltic states (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The half of the CEE countries are meanwhile members of the European Union (EU). Using the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109128
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Making economic growth and well-being compatible: the role of trust and income inequality
Mikucka, Malgorzata; Sarracino, Francesco - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
To what extent is economic growth liable to improve people’s subjective well-being in the long run? Recent studies identified three possible answers: economic growth matters a great deal; economic growth does not matter at all; economic growth matters, but other things matter more. Each of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111580
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Gender Differences in Life Satisfaction and Social Participation
Humpert, Stephan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper deals with the effects of social participation activities on life satisfaction. Using the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) for 2010, I present gender specific differences for several social activities, such as club memberships of political, welfare, health or more leisure time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111713
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Two explanations to the willingness to accept and willingness to pay gap plus an alternative
Beja Jr, Edsel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The gap between the willingness to accept and willingness to pay is the outcome of incomplete valuation. The problem therefore is more about completing the valuation procedure. The first part of the solution involves two items: one is the inclusion of the direct and indirect income effects and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647256
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Subjective Well-Being Approach to Environmental Valuation: Evidence for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Beja Jr., Edsel L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The subjective well-being approach to environmental valuation is applied to analyze the valuation of greenhouse gas emissions. Dimensions like population and income are then incorporated into the valuation to get the fairness-adjusted marginal value of emissions. The results indicate that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784627
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Subjective Well-Being Approach to the Valuation of International Development: Evidence for the Millennium Development Goals
Beja Jr., Edsel L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The subjective well-being approach to the valuation of international development is applied to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The rich countries have particular preferences for education, healthcare, and housing; they need compensation for failure to meet the targets by 2015. The poor...
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Why are Latin Europeans less happy? The impact of hierarchy
Brule, Gael; Veenhoven, Ruut - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Happiness in the North European is substantially higher than in the South European nations. Only part of that difference can be explained by economic prosperity. This paper explores the effect of social hierarchy. A comparison of contemporary survey findings show that power distance is more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260234
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Do Large Governments Decrease Happiness?
Sequeira, Tiago; Minas, Tiago; Ferreira-Lopes, Alexandra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Until now there was little evidence of the influence of large governments on happiness and when it existed, it was positive. We show that structural government consumption and other measures of long-term government imbalances significantly decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109823
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Who is happier: Housewife or working wife?
Beja Jr, Edsel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Earlier research found no difference in the happiness between a housewife and a working wife. However, there now is the expectation that a difference in their happiness exists today given the increase in the labor participation of women over the years. This paper revisits the debate using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111008
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An Unbiased Pareto Improvement strategy for poverty alleviation
Zaman, Md Monowaruz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
There are historical and institutional reasons behind our economic problems like poverty and environmental damage but … establishes a biasing effect on our economy. In case of poverty, economic efforts of poor people are continuously undervalued and …) strategy to be implemented across an economy and eventually across the world to solve poverty problems. This strategy describes …
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