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129 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4450
Happiness and Health Care Coverage
David G. Blanchflower
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4390
Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Guy Mayraz, Gert G. Wagner, Jürgen Schupp
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. 4155
Well-Being over the Life Span: Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data
Christoph Wunder, Andrea Wiencierz, Johannes Schwarze, Helmut Küchenhoff, Sara Kleyer, Philipp Bleninger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4053
Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old: An Analysis for Germany
Wencke Gwozdz, Alfonso Sousa-Poza
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2010, 97(3), 325-339
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. 3940
Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the Millennium
Andrew E. Clark
published in: Ed Diener, John Helliwell, and Danny Kahneman (eds.), International Differences in Well-Being. Oxford: Oxford 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. 3604
Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields
published as 'Life Satisfaction Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113 (1), 190 - 211
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3443
Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
Lina Song, Simon Appleton
published in: World Development, 2008, 36 (11), 2325-2340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3385
Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector
Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45(4), 998-1045
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3354
International Evidence on Well-being
David G. Blanchflower
published in: Alan Krueger (ed.): Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2009, 155 - 226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2724
The Reliability of Subjective Well-Being Measures
Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (8-9), 1833-1845
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2529
The Compensating Income Variation of Social Capital
Wim Groot, Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Bernard M. S. van Praag
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2007, 82 (2), 189-207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2526
Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis
Andrew E. Clark, Ed Diener, Yannis Georgellis, Richard E. Lucas
published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (529), F222–F243
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2406
A Note on Unhappiness and Unemployment Duration
Andrew E. Clark
published in Applied Economics Quarterly, 2006, 52 (4), 291-308
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2218
Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison
Maarten C.M. Vendrik, Geert Woltjer
published 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
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