IZA Discussion Papers

substantially revised version published as "Distaste for Inequality? The Role of Risk Aversion" in: M. Rojas (ed.), The Economics of Happiness, Springer, 2019.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4695

Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-being: Evidence from the USA

Andrew J. Oswald, Stephen Wu

published in: Science, 2010, 327 (5965), 576-579

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4686

Part-Time Jobs: What Women Want?

Alison L. Booth, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (1), 263-283

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4645

Happiness and Productivity

Andrew J. Oswald, Eugenio Proto, Daniel Sgroi

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2015, 33 (4), 789-822

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4600

Well-being across America

Andrew J. Oswald, Stephen Wu

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (4), 1118-1134

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4599

You Can't Be Happier than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce

Cahit Guven, Claudia Senik, Holger Stichnoth

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 82 (1), 110-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414

Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4288

Linking Individuals and Societies

Guillermina Jasso

published in: Journal of Mathematical Sociology, 2010, 34 (1), 1-51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4200

The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2009, 1(2), 190–225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4060

Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox

Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu McVey

published in: R.A. Easterlin, Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle, Chapter 5, Oxford University Press, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4015

Life Satisfaction

Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith, Arthur van Soest

published in: E. Diener, J.E. Helliwell and D. Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being, Oxford University Press, 2010, 70-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4010

Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald, Bert van Landeghem

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(2-3), 528 - 538

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4000

Happiness and Economic Growth: Does the Cross Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

published in: E. Diener, J. Helliwell, and D. Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being. Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3915

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

Bruce Headey, Jürgen Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, Gert G. Wagner

published in: Journal of Positive Psychology, 2010, 5 (1), 73-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3654

Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2008, 1, 1-87

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3624

Happiness Inequality in the United States

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

published in: Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, 37 (s2), S33-S79