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75 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17514
Is Subjective Well-Being Insured Against Income Shocks? Evidence from 20-Year Panel Data in South Korea
Jiyeon Ahn, Taehyun Ahn, Seonghoon Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16820
The Gendered Nature of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Europe
Denisa Maria Sologon, Karina Doorley, Cathal O'Donoghue, Eugenio Peluso
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16210
Roots of Inequality
Oded Galor, Marc Klemp, Daniel Crisóstomo Wainstock
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15923
A Pure Theory of Population Distribution When Preferences Are Ordinal
Holger Stark, Grzegorz Kosiorowski
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15904
Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe
Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (37), e2210639119.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15738
Welfare and Distributional Impact of Soaring Prices in Europe
Denisa Maria Sologon, Cathal O'Donoghue, Jules Linden, Iryna Kyzyma, Jason Loughrey
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15669
A Measure of Well-Being Efficiency Based on the World Happiness Report
Francesco Sarracino, Kelsey J. O'Connor
published in: International Productivity Monitor, 2022, 43, 10-40.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15308
Effort at Work and Worker Well-Being in the US
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Almudena Sevilla
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
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