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170 IZA Discussion Papers
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
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