IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3604

Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data

Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Michael A. Shields

published as 'Life Satisfaction Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2011, 113 (1), 190 - 211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3443

Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants

Lina Song, Simon Appleton

published in: World Development, 2008, 36 (11), 2325-2340

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3385

Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45(4), 998-1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3354

International Evidence on Well-being

David G. Blanchflower

published in: Alan Krueger (ed.): Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2009, 155 - 226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2724

The Reliability of Subjective Well-Being Measures

Alan B. Krueger, David A. Schkade

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (8-9), 1833-1845

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2529

The Compensating Income Variation of Social Capital

Wim Groot, Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2007, 82 (2), 189-207

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2526

Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

Andrew E. Clark, Ed Diener, Yannis Georgellis, Richard E. Lucas

published in: Economic Journal, 2008, 118 (529), F222–F243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2406

A Note on Unhappiness and Unemployment Duration

Andrew E. Clark

published in Applied Economics Quarterly, 2006, 52 (4), 291-308

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2218

Happiness and Loss Aversion: When Social Participation Dominates Comparison

Maarten C.M. Vendrik, Geert Woltjer

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (7-8), 1423-1448

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1964

Bureaucratic Rents and Life Satisfaction

Simon Luechinger, Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2008, 24 (2), 476-488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1916

Happiness and the Human Development Index: Australia Is Not a Paradox

Andrew Leigh, Justin Wolfers

published in: Australian Economic Review, 2006, 39 (2), 176-184

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1788

Do Divorcing Couples Become Happier By Breaking Up?

Jonathan Gardner, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, (Statistics in Society), 2006, 169 (2), 319-336

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1488

Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model

Paul Frijters, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Michael A. Shields

revised version published as 'The Increasingly Mixed Proportional Hazard Model: An Application to Socioeconomic Status, Health Shocks, and Mortality' in: Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2011, 29 (2), 271-281

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1218

Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness… Or Does It? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption

Bruce Headey, Ruud Muffels, Mark Wooden

Published in: Social Indicators Research, 2008, 87(1), 65-82. doi:10.1007/s11205-007-9146-y

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1200

Living Conditions of Children and Parental Well-Being – Evidence from German Data on Life Satisfaction

Johannes Schwarze

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1032

The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being

Bruce Headey, Mark Wooden

Published in: Economic Record, 2004, 80 (S1), S24-S33. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00181.x

IZA Discussion Paper No. 974