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140 IZA Discussion Papers
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
forthcoming in: Ecological Economics
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 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2017.04.001
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. 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. 9114
Do Employment Protection Reforms Affect Well-Being?
Vanessa Dräger
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. 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. 8837
Life Satisfaction, Income and Personality
Eugenio Proto, Aldo Rustichini
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2015, 48, 17-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8665
Two-way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation
Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8589
Does the Choice of Well-Being Measure Matter Empirically? An Illustration with German Data
Koen Decancq, Dirk Neumann
revised version published in: M. Adler, M. Fleurbaey (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy, OUP, 2016, 553-587
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8530
Household Finances and Well-Being: An Empirical Analysis of Comparison Effects
Sarah Brown, Daniel Gray
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2016, 53, 17–36
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. 8238
Are Public Sector Workers Different? Cross-European Evidence from Elderly Workers and Retirees
Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4:11, 2015
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. 8136
Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence
Andrew E. Clark, Conchita D'Ambrosio
published in: A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (Eds.): Handbook of Income Distribution, 2A, 2015, 1147-1208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8127
What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom
Nattavudh Powdthavee, Mark Wooden
substantially revised version published as 'Life Satisfaction and Sexual Minorities: Evidence from Australia and the United Kingdom' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 116, 107-126. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.012)
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. 7654
The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation
Christian von Scheve, Frederike Esche, Jürgen Schupp
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18(4), 1231-1254.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7604
Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-shape in Human Wellbeing
Hannes Schwandt
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, February 2016, Vol. 122: 75-87
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