IZA Discussion Papers

published in: Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi and Louis Tay (eds.), Handbook of Well-Being. Noba Scholar Handbook Series: Subjective Well-being. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers, 2018.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11099

The Relationship between Status and Happiness: Evidence from the Caste System in Rural India

Bert van Landeghem, Anneleen Vandeplas

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11043

Subjective Well-Being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different?

Shuai Chen, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Demography, 2018, 55 (6), 2299-2320.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10962

The Effect of Job Displacement on Subjective Well-being

Younghwan Song

published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2018, 52 (13), 1-13

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10908

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

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Xavier Jara

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, Published: 02 January 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10907

Back to Bentham, Should We? Large-Scale Comparison of Experienced versus Decision Utility

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Xavier Jara

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10774

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

Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10693

The City as a Self-Help Book: The Psychology of Urban Promises

Rodrigo V. Cardoso, Evert J. Meijers, Maarten van Ham, Martijn J. Burger, Duco de Vos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10452

The Great Recession and Life Satisfaction: The Unique Decline for Americans Approaching Retirement Age

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Amanda Cabacungan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10155

Income Inequality and Well-Being in the U.S.: Evidence of Geographic-Scale- and Measure-Dependence

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Carol Lee Graham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10088

Happiness and Development

Milena Nikolova

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9934

Local Neighbors as Positives, Regional Neighbors as Negatives: Competing Channels in the Relationship between Others' Income, Health, and Happiness

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Carol Lee Graham

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9811

Energy Boom and Gloom? Local Effects of Oil and Natural Gas Drilling on Subjective Well-Being

Karen Maguire, John V. Winters

published in: Growth and Change, 2017, 48 (4), 590-610

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9726

Ethnic Diversity and Well-Being

Alpaslan Akay, Amelie F. Constant, Corrado Giulietti, Martin Guzi

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30(1), 265-306. Article

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9676

Paradox Lost?

Richard A. Easterlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9636

Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies [Online]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9484

Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition

Milena Nikolova

published in: European Journal of Political Economy [Online]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9451

Hukou Changes and Subjective Well-Being

Massimiliano Tani

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 47-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9400

Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health

Shyamal Chowdhury, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Klaus F. Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9397

Height, Weight and Well-Being for Rural, Urban and Migrant Workers in China

Wang-Sheng Lee, Zhong Zhao

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 117-136 [Details & Download]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9396

A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being

Younghwan Song

published in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2017, 7 (1), 65-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9395

Direct Evidence for Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being across Reference Groups

Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg

revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 137, 95-101

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9253

Crime Victimisation and Subjective Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Australia

Stephane Mahuteau, Rong Zhu

published in: Health Economics, 2016, 25 (11), 1448 - 1463

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. 9226

Do Social Networks Improve Chinese Adults' Subjective Well-being?

Xiaoyan Lei, Yan Shen, James P. Smith, Guangsu Zhou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9163

Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann

published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 191-207. Pre-publication version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9017

Happy Moves? Assessing the Link Between Life Satisfaction and Emigration Intentions

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Kyklos, 2015, 68(3), 335-356.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8966

Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties

John V. Winters, Yu Li

published in: Urban Studies, 2017, 54 (8), 1956-1973

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8914

The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, George W. Ward, Femke De Keulenaer, Bert van Landeghem, Georgios Kavetsos, Michael I. Norton

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. 8520

In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries

Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 112, 164-186 [Online]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8498

Happy Voters

Federica Liberini, Michela Redoano, Eugenio Proto

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 41-57

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. 8207

Life Events and Subjective Well-being: The Case of Having Children

Peder J. Pedersen, Torben Dall Schmidt

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. 7942

Longitudinal Evidence for a Midlife Nadir in Human Well-being: Results from Four Data Sets

Terence Chai Cheng, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Andrew J. Oswald

forthcoming in: Economic Journal [Online First]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7836

Corporate Sports Activity and Work Morale: Evidence from a Japanese Automobile Maker

Masaru Sasaki, Fumio Ohtake

published in: Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 2013, 6, 37-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7618

A Web Survey Analysis of the Subjective Well-being of Spanish Workers

Martin Guzi, Pablo de Pedraza

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2015, 36(1), 48-67, Article

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7531

If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands: How Do Mothers and Fathers Really Feel about Child Caregiving?

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

published in: Feminist Economics, 2015, 21 (1), 1-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7430

Economic Consequences of Mispredicting Utility

Bruno S. Frey, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, 15(4), 937-956

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7399

Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?

Petri Böckerman, Mika Maliranta

published in: Industrial Relations, 2013, 52 (4), 878-914

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7357

Smoking, Income and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Smoking Bans

Abel Brodeur

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7353

Subjective Well‐Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

shorter version published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 598-604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7309

Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7261

The Earned Income Tax Credit, Health, and Happiness

Casey Boyd-Swan, Chris M. Herbst, John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee

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. 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. 6999

Happy Taxpayers? Income Taxation and Well-Being

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

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. 6871

Miserable Migrants? Natural Experiment Evidence on International Migration and Objective and Subjective Well-Being

Steven Stillman, John Gibson, David McKenzie, Halahingano Rohorua

published in: World Development, 2013, [Online First]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6804

Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies

Abel Brodeur, Marie Connolly

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, 93, 1-16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6786

Working Time Preferences, Hours Mismatch and Well-Being of Couples: Are There Spillovers?

Christoph Wunder, Guido Heineck

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 244-252.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6732

Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe

Susana Ferreira, Alpaslan Akay, Finbarr Brereton, Juncal Cuñado, Peter Martinsson, Mirko Moro

published in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 88, 1-10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6631

Remittances and Well-Being among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Alpaslan Akay, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12(3), 517-546 [Online Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6630

The Impact of Immigration on the Well-Being of Natives

Alpaslan Akay, Amelie F. Constant, Corrado Giulietti

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 103, 72–92. Pre-publication version available here

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6591

Are Relative-Income Effects Constant across the Well-being Distribution?

Santiago Budría

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2013, 14 (4), 1379-1408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6342

Positional Concerns through the Life Cycle: Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data and Survey Experiments

Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6175

The French Unhappiness Puzzle: The Cultural Dimension of Happiness

Claudia Senik

published as 'Why are the French so Unhappy? The Cultural Dimension of Happiness' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 106, 379-401.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6174

Vignette Equivalence and Response Consistency: The Case of Job Satisfaction

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Bernard M. S. van Praag, Ioannis Theodossiou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6140

Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being

Beata Nowok, Maarten van Ham, Allan M. Findlay, Vernon Gayle

published in: [Environment and Planning A], 2013, 45 (4), 986-1002

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5906

The Long-Term Effects of the Chernobyl Catastrophe on Subjective Well-Being and Mental Health

Alexander M. Danzer, Natalia Danzer

revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 135, 47-60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5799