IZA Discussion Papers

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. 13905

How Threatening Are Transformations of Happiness Scales to Subjective Wellbeing Research?

Caspar F. Kaiser, Maarten C.M. Vendrik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13879

How Do Mass Shootings Affect Community Wellbeing?

Aparna Soni, Erdal Tekin

published online in: Journal of Human Resources, June 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13739

Happier with Vocational Education?

Giorgio Brunello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13690

Are Happier People More Compliant? Global Evidence From Three Large-Scale Surveys During Covid-19 Lockdowns

Christian Krekel, Sarah Swanke, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Daisy Fancourt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13510

Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction

Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer

revised version published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23 (8), 3731-3763

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13140

Lockdowns, Loneliness and Life Satisfaction

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published as 'Life satisfaction, loneliness and togetherness, with an application to Covid-19 lock-downs' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2020, 18, 983 - 1000

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12900

The Cost of Being Too Patient

Paola Giuliano, Paola Sapienza

published in: American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 314-318

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12888

Employment vs. Homestay and the Happiness of Women in the South Caucasus

Karine Torosyan, Norberto Pignatti

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23, 4027-4071

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12791

The Mental Health Effects of Retirement

Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours

revised version published in: De Economist, 2020, 168, 419-452

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12636

The Effects of the Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion on Subjective Well-being

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published in: Health Economics, 2022, 31(1), 233-249

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. 12589

Does It Pay to Bet on Your Favourite to Win? Evidence on Experienced Utility from the 2018 FIFA World Cup Experiment

Lajos Kossuth, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Donna Harris, Nick Chater

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 171, 35-58.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12547

Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data

Paul Dolan, Georgios Kavetsos, Christian Krekel, Dimitris Mavridis, Renuka Metcalfe, Claudia Senik, Stefan Szymanski, Nicolas R. Ziebarth

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 177, 104043

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12435

Three Revolutions of the Modern Era

Richard A. Easterlin

published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2019, 61 (4), 521–530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12313

The Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution on Subjective Well-being in China

Xin Zhang, Xi Chen, Xiaobo Zhang

longer version published in: D.Maddison, K. Rehdanz, H. Welsch (eds.): Handbook on Well-being, Happiness, and the Environment, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11994

Different Versions of the Easterlin Paradox: New Evidence for European Countries

Caspar F. Kaiser, Maarten C.M. Vendrik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11938

Does Female Breadwinning Make Partnerships Less Healthy or Less Stable?

Gigi Foster, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34 (1), 63-96.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11879

Does Health Insurance Make People Happier? Evidence from Massachusetts' Healthcare Reform

Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh

published as 'Health insurance and subjective well-being: Evidence from two healthcare reforms in the United States' in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (1), 233-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11832

Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects of Retirement on Subjective Well-Being: A Panel Analysis for Germany

Joachim Merz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11819

Micro-Entrepreneurship and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan, Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Journal of Business Venturing, 2019, 34 (4), 625-645

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11763

Relative Income and Happiness: An Experiment

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Daniel Houser, Lina Diaz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11705

Unintended Consequences of China's New Labor Contract Law on Unemployment and Welfare Loss of the Workers

Randall K. Q. Akee, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao

published in: China Economic Review, 2019, 53, 87-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11545

The Shadow Prices of Voluntary Caregiving: Using Panel Data of Well-Being to Estimate the Cost of Informal Care

Rebecca McDonald, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published online in: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11437

Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind

Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11273

How Does Terrorism Affect Individuals' Wellbeing?

Alex Bryson, George MacKerron

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11184

Unhappiness and Pain in Modern America: A Review Essay, and Further Evidence, on Carol Graham's Happiness for All?

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2019, 57 (2), 385 - 402

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11181

The Welfare Implications of Addictive Substances: A Longitudinal Study of Life Satisfaction of Drug Users

Julie Moschion, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 146, 206-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11135

Early-Life Correlates of Later-Life Well-Being: Evidence from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Andrew E. Clark, Tom Lee

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, 181, 360-368

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. 10959

Antidepressants for Economists and Business-School Researchers: An Introduction and Review

Aleksandra Katolik, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Die Unternehmung, 2017, 71 (4), 448 - 463

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10958

Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets

David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald

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. 10759

Female Suicide and the Concept of the Midlife Crisis

Andrew J. Oswald, Ahmed Tohamy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10624

What Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China

Sor Tho Ng, Nai Peng Tey, Niaz Asadullah

published in: PLOS One, 2017, 12(2): e0171799

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. 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. 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. 10087

Happy Hosts? International Tourist Arrivals and Residents' Subjective Well-being in Europe

Artjoms Ivlevs

published in: Journal of Travel Research, 2017, 56 (5), 599-612

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10028

Valuing Air Quality Using Happiness Data: The Case of China

Xin Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xi Chen

published in: Ecological Economics, 2017, 137, 29 - 36

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. 9912

Entrepreneurs and Freelancers: Are They Time and Income Multidimensional Poor? The German Case

Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9880

Happy People Have Children: Choice and Self-Selection into Parenthood

Sophie Cetre, Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: European Journal of Population, 2016, 32, 445-473

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9676

Paradox Lost?

Richard A. Easterlin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9637

Subjective Well-being in China, 2005-2010: The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location

Niaz Asadullah, Saizi Xiao, Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh

published in: China Economic Review, 2018, 48, 83–101

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, 2017, 18, 1593 - 1623

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9450

Do People Seek to Maximize Their Subjective Well‐Being?

Marc Fleurbaey, Hannes Schwandt

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9401

National Well-being Policy and a Weighted Approach to Human Feelings

Gus O'Donnell, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Ecological Economics, 2015,120, 59 - 70

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9312

Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?

Xin Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xi Chen

pubished as 'Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 85, 81 - 94

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9282

Relative Income and Life Satisfaction of Turkish Immigrants: The Impact of a Collectivistic Culture

Devrim Dumludag, Ozge Gokdemir, Maarten C.M. Vendrik

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9055

Life Satisfaction in Germany after Reunification: Additional Insights on the Pattern of Convergence

Christian Pfeifer, Inna Petrunyk

published in: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2016, 236 (2), 217-239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8559

Boss Competence and Worker Well-being

Benjamin Artz, Amanda H. Goodall, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (2), 419–450

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. 8300

National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration

Eugenio Proto, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (604), 2127-2152

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8194

Coresidency, Ethnicity, and Happiness of China's Rural Elders

Rachel Connelly, Michael Iannotti, Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Dandan Zhang

published in: Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2015, 56 (1), 70 - 88

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. 8077

Does Labor Legislation Benefit Workers? Well-Being after an Hours Reduction

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Daiji Kawaguchi, Jungmin Lee

published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2017, 44, 1-12

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7944

Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported Happiness

Chris M. Herbst, Joanna Lucio

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2016, 56 (3), 494 - 521

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. 7942

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

Terence Chai Cheng, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (599), 126 - 142

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. 7495

Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? Laboratory Evidence from Trust and Gift Exchange Games

Michalis Drouvelis, Nattavudh Powdthavee

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2015, 58, 111-123.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7418

Polarization of Time and Income – A Multidimensional Approach with Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP: German Evidence

Joachim Merz, Bettina Scherg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7368

The Effects of International Migration on the Well-Being of Native Populations in Europe

William Betz, Nicole B. Simpson

published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2013, 2:12.

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. 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. 7153

The Drivers of Happiness Inequality: Suggestions for Promoting Social Cohesion

Leonardo Becchetti, Riccardo Massari, Paolo Naticchioni

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2014, 66(2), 419-442

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7119

Children, Spousal Love, and Happiness: An Economic Analysis

Shoshana Grossbard, Sankar Mukhopadhyay

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (3), 447-467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7107

Don't Worry, Be Happy? Happiness and Reemployment

Annabelle Krause-Pilatus

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 96, 1-20

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. 6945

Resilience to Economic Shocks and the Long Reach of Childhood Bullying

Nattavudh Powdthavee

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. 6840

A Cautionary Note on Using Industry Affiliation to Predict Income

Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Hannes Schwandt

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. 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. 6761

The Great Happiness Moderation

Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Claudia Senik

published in: Andrew Clark and Claudia Senik (Eds.), Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 22-139

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