IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Effort at Work and Worker Well-Being' in: Hamermesh, D.S. and Polachek, S.W. (eds.), Time Use in Economics (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 51), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 2023, 35-53

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14712

Double-Edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communism on Life Satisfaction

Vladimir Otrachshenko, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova

revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36(3), 1139–1185

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14645

Why Does Happiness Respond Differently to an Increase vs. Decrease in Income?

Richard A. Easterlin

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 209, 200 - 204

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14370

Death and Destitution: The Global Distribution of Welfare Losses from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Olivier Sterck, Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Benoit Decerf

published in: LSE Public Policy Review, 2021, 4 (2), 1- 11

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14270

Happiness, Domains of Life Satisfaction, Perceptions, and Valuation Differences Across Genders

Stefani Milovanska-Farrington, Stephen Farrington

published in: Acta Psychologica, 2022, 230, 103720

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14245

Loneliness and Social Isolation: An Unequally Shared Burden in Europe

Beatrice d'Hombres, Martina Barjaková, Sylke V. Schnepf

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14044

Competition Reform and Household Welfare: A Microsimulation Analysis of the Telecommunication Sector in Ethiopia

Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Abdelkrim Araar, Eduardo A. Malásquez, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa

published in: Telecommunications Policy, 2022, 46 (2), 102243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14041

Europe's Migration Experience and its Effects on Economic Inequality

Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec, Magdalena M. Ulceluse

published in: Georg Fischer and Robert Strauss (eds.), Europe's Income, Wealth, Consumption, and Inequality, Oxford: OUP, 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13923

The Easterlin Paradox

Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor

published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, first Online: 06 November 2022 (latest version)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13050

Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Latin American Economies: An Empirical Approach

Ömer Tuğsal Doruk, Francesco Pastore, Hasan Bilgehan Yavuz

published in: Economic Systems, 2024, 48 (1), 101154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12836

Who Bears the Welfare Costs of Monopoly? The Case of the Credit Card Industry

Kyle Herkenhoff, Gajendran Raveendranathan

published online in: Review of Economic Studies, rdae098, 24 October 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12803

The Social Preferences of the Native Inhabitants, and the Decision How Many Asylum Seekers to Admit

Oded Stark, Marcin Jakubek, Krzysztof Szczygielski

published in: Review of World Economics, 2023, 156, 133-152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12686

Disability and Multi-Dimensional Quality of Life: A Capability Approach to Health Status Assessment

Paul Anand, Laurence Roope, Anthony J. Culyer, Ron P. Smith

published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (7), 748 - 765

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12622

Happiness and Public Policy: A Procedural Perspective

Alois Stutzer

published in: Behavioural Public Policy, 2020, 4 (2), 210-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12361

Switching Queues, Cultural Conventions, and Social Welfare

Oded Stark, Wiktor Budzinski, Grzegorz Kosiorowski

published in: European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 278 (3), 837 - 844

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12269

The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics: Report from a Fictional Field Study

Karine Nyborg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12015

Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis

Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11597

Everybody's a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Ahmed Elsayed

published as 'Global terror, well-being and political attitudes' in: European Economic Review, 2020, 123, Article 103394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11386

The Optimal Graduated Minimum Wage and Social Welfare

Eliav Danziger, Leif Danziger

published in: Transitions through the Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 46), Emerald Publishing, 2018, 55-72.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10908

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

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Xavier Jara

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2020, 55, 51 - 8

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10774

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

Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2021, 21(1), 83-114

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10412

Social Media Use and Children's Wellbeing

Emily McDool, Philip Powell, Jennifer Roberts, Karl Taylor

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 69, 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10218

The Development and Happiness of Very Young Children

Paul Anand, Laurence Roope

published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2016, 47, 825 - 851

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9840

Wellbeing Evidence for the Assessment of Progress

Paul Anand, Laurence Roope, Andreas Peichl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9676

Paradox Lost?

Richard A. Easterlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9450

Do People Seek to Maximize Their Subjective Well‐Being?

Marc Fleurbaey, Hannes Schwandt

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. 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. 8215

Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments

Alpaslan Akay, Lisa Andersson, Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin

revised version published in: Journal of African Economics, 2014, 23(5), 673-699

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. 7943

Human Well-being and In-Work Benefits: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Richard Dorsett, Andrew J. Oswald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7877

Explaining Well-Being over the Life Cycle: A Look at Life Transitions during Young Adulthood

Maggie Switek

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7682

What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being

Richard Layard, Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee, James Vernoit

published in: Economic Journal, 2014, 124 (580), F720- F738

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. 7266

Monitoring Job Search Effort with Hyperbolic Time Preferences and Non-Compliance: A Welfare Analysis

Bart Cockx, Corinna Ghirelli, Bruno Van der Linden

revised version published as 'Is it Socially Efficient to Impose Job Search Requirements on Unemployed Benefit Claimants with Hyperbolic Preferences?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 113, 80-95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7234

Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy

Richard A. Easterlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7204

UK Households' Carbon Footprint: A Comparison of the Association between Household Characteristics and Emissions from Home Energy, Transport and Other Goods and Services

Milena Buechs, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published as 'Who emits most? An analysis of UK households' CO2 emissions and their association with socio-economic factors' in: Ecological Economics, 2013, 90, 114-123

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. 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. 6771

Happiness and the Persistence of Income Shocks

Christian Bayer, Falko Juessen

published in: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2015, 7 (4), 160–187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6505

The Impact of Redistributive Policies on Inequality in OECD Countries

Philipp Doerrenberg, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Applied Economics, 2014, 46 (17), 2066-2086

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6346

Suboptimal Choices and the Need for Experienced Individual Well-Being in Economic Analysis

Christopher K. Hsee, Yuval Rottenstreich, Alois Stutzer

published in: International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2012, 1 (1), 63-85

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6266

Aggregation without the Aggravation? Nonparametric Analysis of the Representative Consumer

Laurens Cherchye, Ian Crawford, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6163

The Persistence of Informality: Evidence from Panel Data

Alpaslan Akay, Melanie Khamis

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 229 - 255

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

The Happiness-Income Paradox Revisited

Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu McVey, Maggie Switek, Onnicha Sawangfa, Jacqueline Smith Zweig

published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010, 107 (52), 22463-22468

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5178

Social Spending Generosity and Income Inequality: A Dynamic Panel Approach

Judith Niehues

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4850

Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being

Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey

published in: Social Research, 2010, 77 (2), 679-714

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4563

Sundays Are Blue: Aren’t They? The Day-of-the-Week Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status

Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4520

The Redistributive Effects of Tax Benefit Systems in the Enlarged EU

Clemens Fuest, Judith Niehues, Andreas Peichl

revised version published in: Public Finance Review, 2010, 38 (4), 473-500

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. 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. 3779

Crime, Unemployment, and Xenophobia? An Ecological Analysis of Right-Wing Election Results in Hamburg, 1986−2005

Ralph Rotte, Martin Steininger

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3409

Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism

Richard A. Easterlin

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 71 (2), 130-145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3142

Is a Flat Tax Feasible in a Grown-up Welfare State?

Clemens Fuest, Andreas Peichl, Thilo Schaefer

revised version published as "Is a flat tax reform feasible in a grown-up democracy of Western Europe? A simulation study for Germany" in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2008, 15 (5), 620-636

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2755

Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time Series Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu McVey

published in: Kenneth C. Land (ed.). Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Research, New York and London: Springer, 2011

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2734

Mums and Their Sons, Dads and Their Daughters: Panel Data Evidence of Interdependent Marginal Utilities across 14 EU Countries

José Alberto Molina, Maria Navarro Paniagua, Ian Walker

published as 'Intergenerational Well-Being Mobility in Europe' in: Kyklos, 2011, 64 (2), 253-270

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2594

Interpersonal Comparisons of Utility: An Algebraic Characterization of Projective Preorders and Some Welfare Consequences

Juan Carlos Candeal, Esteban Induráin, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Numerical representability or ordered topological spaces with compatible algebraic structure' in: Order, 2012, 29, 131-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2584

Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

published in: A.K. Dutt and B. Radcliff (eds.), Happiness, Economics, and Politics: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, 2009, Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2494

Life Satisfaction and Economic Outcomes in Germany Pre- and Post-Unification

Richard A. Easterlin, Anke Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (3-4), 433-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2284

Equity and Equality

Jean-Yves Duclos

published in: Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d'économique, 2006, 39 (4), 1073-1104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2019

The Happiness Gains from Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market

Simon Luechinger, Alois Stutzer, Rainer Winkelmann

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 233–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 917

A Note on the Redistributive Effect of Immigration

Rob Euwals, Hans Roodenburg

published in: Economics Letters, 2004, 85 (2), 241-256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 742

Building a Better Theory of Well-Being

Richard A. Easterlin

published in: Luigino Bruni and Pierluigi Porta (eds.), Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 259

Poverty in the Russian Federation

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

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2001, 2 (2), 147-172

IZA Discussion Paper No. 234

Sozioökonomische Determinanten extremistischer Wahlerfolge in Deutschland: Das Beispiel der Europawahlen 1994 und 1999

Ralph Rotte, Martin Steininger

published in: Schmollers Jahrbuch: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften / Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 2001, 121 (3), 53-406

IZA Discussion Paper No. 229

Unions, Increasing Returns and Endogenous Fluctuations

Rui Coimbra, Teresa Lloyd-Braga, Leonor Modesto

published as 'Endogenous fluctuations in unionized economies with productive externalities' in: Economic Theory, 2005, 26 (3), 629-649

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