IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Happiness and loss aversion: Is utility concave or convex in relative income?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1423-1448

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1964

Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2008, 24 (2), 476-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1916

Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia Is Not a Paradox

Andrew Leigh, Justin Wolfers

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2006, 39 (2), 176-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1788

Do Divorcing Couples Become Happier By Breaking Up?

Jonathan Gardner, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, (Statistics in Society), 2006, 169 (2), 319-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1488

Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model

Paul Frijters, John de New, Michael A. Shields

revised version published as 'The Increasingly Mixed Proportional Hazard Model: An Application to Socioeconomic Status, Health Shocks, and Mortality' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2011, 29 (2), 271-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1218

Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness… Or Does It? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, Mark Wooden

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2008, 87(1), 65-82.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1200

Living Conditions of Children and Parental Well-Being – Evidence from German Data on Life Satisfaction

Johannes Schwarze

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1032

The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being

Bruce Headey, Mark Wooden

Published in: Economic Record, 2004, 80 (S1), S24-S33. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00181.x

IZA Discussion Paper No. 974