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129 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8530
Household Finances and Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis of Comparison Effects
Sarah Brown, Daniel Gray
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2016, 53, 17–36
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8435
Happiness and Work
Annabelle Krause-Pilatus
published in: James D. Wright (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., 2015, Vol. 10, Elsevier, Oxord, 515-520
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8238
Are Public Sector Workers Different? Cross-European Evidence from Elderly Workers and Retirees
Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4:11, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8194
Coresidency, Ethnicity, and Happiness of China's Rural Elders
Rachel Connelly, Michael Iannotti, Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Dandan Zhang
published in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 56 (1), 70 - 88
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8136
Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence
Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio
published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (Eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2A, 2015, 1147-1208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8127
What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom
Nattavudh Powdthavee, Mark Wooden
substantially revised version published as 'Life Satisfaction and Sexual Minorities: Evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 107-126. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7877
Explaining Well-Being over the Life Cycle: A Look at Life Transitions during Young Adulthood
Malgorzata Switek
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7654
The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation
Christian von Scheve, Frederike Esche, Jürgen Schupp
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18(4), 1231-1254.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7604
Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-shape in Human Wellbeing
Hannes Schwandt
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2016, Vol. 122: 75-87
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7368
The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe
William Betz, Nicole B. Simpson
published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2013, 2:12.
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. 7328
How Does Subjective Well-Being Evolve with Age? A Literature Review
Beatriz Fabiola López Ulloa, Valerie Moller, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
published in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2013, 6 (3), 227-246
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7309
Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7234
Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy
Richard A. Easterlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7196
China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010
Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Malgorzata 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. 7177
Smoking Bans, Cigarette Prices and Life Satisfaction
Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 44, 176-194
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7105
The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
published in: Emotion, 2012, 12(6), 1181-1187 (lead article)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7078
Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness: A Selective Overview
Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey
published in: Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (eds.), Recent Developments in the Economics of Happiness, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2013, ix-xxiii
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7033
Estimating the Influence of Life Satisfaction and Positive Affect on Later Income Using Sibling Fixed-Effects
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (49), 19953-19958
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