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published as 'Effort at Work and Worker Well-Being' in: Hamermesh, D.S. and Polachek, S.W. (eds.), Time Use in Economics (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 2023, 35-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14712

Double-Edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communism on Life Satisfaction

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36(3), 1139–1185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14645

Why Does Happiness Respond Differently to an Increase vs. Decrease in Income?

Richard A. Easterlin

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 209, 200 - 204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14370

Death and Destitution: The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Olivier Sterck, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Benoit Decerf

published in: LSE Public Policy Review, 2021, 4 (2), 1- 11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14270

Happiness, Domains of Life Satisfaction, Perceptions, and Valuation Differences Across Genders

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington, Stephen Farrington

published in: Acta Psychologica, 2022, 230, 103720

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14245

Loneliness and Social Isolation: An Unequally Shared Burden in Europe

Beatrice d'Hombres, Martina Barjaková, Sylke V. Schnepf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14044

Competition Reform and Household Welfare: A Microsimulation Analysis of the Telecommunication Sector in Ethiopia

Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Abdelkrim Araar, Eduardo A. Malásquez, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa

published in: Telecommunications Policy, 2022, 46 (2), 102243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14041

Europe's Migration Experience and its Effects on Economic Inequality

Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec, Magdalena M. Ulceluse

published in: Georg Fischer and Robert Strauss (eds.), Europe's Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality, Oxford: OUP, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13923

The Easterlin Paradox

Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, first Online: 06 November 2022 (latest version)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13050

Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Latin American Economies: An Empirical Approach

Ömer Tuğ sal Doruk, Francesco Pastore, Hasan Bilgehan Yavuz

published in: Economic Systems, 2024, 48 (1), 101154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12836

Who Bears the Welfare Costs of Monopoly? The Case of the Credit Card Industry

Kyle Herkenhoff, Gajendran Raveendranathan

published online in: Review of Economic Studies, rdae098, 24 October 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12803

The Social Preferences of the Native Inhabitants, and the Decision How Many Asylum Seekers to Admit

Oded Stark, Marcin Jakubek, Krzysztof Szczygielski

published in: Review of World Economics, 2023, 156, 133-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12686

Disability and Multi-Dimensional Quality of Life: A Capability Approach to Health Status Assessment

Paul Anand, Laurence Roope, Anthony J. Culyer, Ron P. Smith

published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (7), 748 - 765

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12622

Happiness and Public Policy: A Procedural Perspective

Alois Stutzer

published in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4 (2), 210-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12361

Switching Queues, Cultural Conventions, and Social Welfare

Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Grzegorz Kosiorowski

published in: European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 278 (3), 837 - 844

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12269

The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics: Report from a Fictional Field Study

Karine Nyborg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12015

Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis

Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11597

Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Ahmed Elsayed

published as 'Global terror, well-being and political attitudes' in: European Economic Review, 2020, 123, Article 103394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11386

The Optimal Graduated Minimum Wage and Social Welfare

Eliav Danziger, Leif Danziger

published in: Transitions through the Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 46), Emerald Publishing, 2018, 55-72.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10908

'Fair' Welfare Comparisons with Heterogeneous Tastes: Subjective versus Revealed Preferences

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, H. Xavier Jara

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, 55, 51 - 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10774

Sometimes Your Best Just Ain't Good Enough: The Worldwide Evidence on Well-Being Efficiency

Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2021, 21(1), 83-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10412

Social Media Use and Children's Wellbeing

Emily McDool, Philip Powell, Jennifer Roberts, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10218

The Development and Happiness of Very Young Children

Paul Anand, Laurence Roope

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47, 825 - 851

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9840

Wellbeing Evidence for the Assessment of Progress

Paul Anand, Laurence Roope, Andreas Peichl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9676

Paradox Lost?

Richard A. Easterlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9450

Do People Seek to Maximize Their Subjective Well‐Being?

Marc Fleurbaey, Hannes Schwandt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9252

(Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events

Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (1), 245–283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8656

Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data

Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio, Simone Ghislandi

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 98 (3), 591–600

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8215

Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments

Alpaslan Akay, Lisa Andersson, Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin

revised version published in: Journal of African Economics, 2014, 23(5), 673-699

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8131

Economic Approaches to Understanding Change in Happiness

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Alois Stutzer

published in: K. Sheldon and R.E. Lucas (eds.): Stability of Happiness, 2014

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7943

Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Richard Dorsett, Andrew J. Oswald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7877

Explaining Well-Being over the Life Cycle: A Look at Life Transitions during Young Adulthood

Maggie Switek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7682

What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being

Richard Layard, Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, James Vernoit

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F720- F738

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7345

Nominal or Real? The Impact of Regional Price Levels on Satisfaction with Life

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

published in: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2016, 16, 1337–1358.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7266

Monitoring Job Search Effort with Hyperbolic Time Preferences and Non-Compliance: A Welfare Analysis

Bart Cockx, Corinna Ghirelli, Bruno Van der Linden

revised version published as 'Is it Socially Efficient to Impose Job Search Requirements on Unemployed Benefit Claimants with Hyperbolic Preferences?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, 80-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7234

Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy

Richard A. Easterlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7204

UK Households' Carbon Footprint: A Comparison of the Association between Household Characteristics and Emissions from Home Energy, Transport and Other Goods and Services

Milena Buechs, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published as 'Who emits most? An analysis of UK households' CO2 emissions and their association with socio-economic factors' in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 90, 114-123

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7196

China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010

Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Maggie Switek, Fei Wang

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (25), 9775-9780

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7187

Happiness and Economic Growth: The Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin

published in W. Glatzer, L. Camfield, V. Møller, and M. Rojas (eds.): Global Handbook of Quality of Life: Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents, 2015, 283-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6944

Parents Transmit Happiness along with Associated Values and Behaviors to Their Children: A Lifelong Happiness Dividend?

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2014, 116(3), 909–933

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6771

Happiness and the Persistence of Income Shocks

Christian Bayer, Falko Juessen

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2015, 7 (4), 160–187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6505

The Impact of Redistributive Policies on Inequality in OECD Countries

Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46 (17), 2066-2086

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