IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7365

The Marginal Income Effect of Education on Happiness: Estimating the Direct and Indirect Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Well-Being in Australia

Nattavudh Powdthavee, Warn N. Lekfuangfu, Mark Wooden

substantially revised version published as: 'What's the good of education on our overall quality of life? A simultaneous equation model of education and life satisfaction for Australia' in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2015, 54 (1), 10-21

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

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 126, 18-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7256

Where the Streets Have a Name: Income Comparisons in the US

Abel Brodeur, Sarah Flèche

published as 'Neighbors' Income, Public Goods and Well-Being' in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2019, 65(2), 217-238

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, 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. 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 B. Bargain, Mathias Dolls, Dirk Neumann, Andreas Peichl, Sebastian Siegloch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6988