IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11961

Government Transfers, Work and Wellbeing: Evidence from the Russian Old-Age Pension

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11879

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

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. 11823

The Empirical Content of Marital Surplus in Matching Models

Karina Doorley, Arnaud Dupuy, Simon Weber

published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 176, 51-54

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11808

Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes

Jeffrey T. Denning, Richard J. Murphy, Felix Weinhardt

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics 2023, 105 (6), 1426–1441.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11763

Relative Income and Happiness: An Experiment

John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Daniel Houser, Lina Diaz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11624

Marathon, Hurdling or Sprint? The Effects of Exam Scheduling on Academic Performance

Sofoklis Goulas, Rigissa Megalokonomou

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2020, 20 (2), 20190177.

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. 11581

Multitasking and Subjective Performance Evaluations: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in a Bank

Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Management Science, 2019, 65 (12), 5449-5956

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11318

Unfairness at Work: Well-Being and Quits

Conchita D'Ambrosio, Andrew E. Clark, Marta Barazzetta

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 307-316

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11102

Subjective Well-Being and Public Policy

Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer

published in: Ed Diener, Shigehiro Oishi and Louis Tay (eds.), Handbook of Well-Being. Noba Scholar Handbook Series: Subjective Well-being. Salt Lake City, UT: DEF Publishers, 2018.

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. 10962

The Effect of Job Displacement on Subjective Well-being

Younghwan Song

published in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2018, 52 (13), 1-13

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. 10907

Back to Bentham, Should We? Large-Scale Comparison of Experienced versus Decision Utility

Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Xavier Jara

published as 'Experienced versus decision utility: large-scale comparison for income-leisure preferences' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2023, 125 (4), 823 - 859

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. 10735

Healer or Gatekeeper? Physicians' Role Conflict When Symptoms Are Non-Verifiable

Benedicte Carlsen, Karine Nyborg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10693

The City as a Self-Help Book: The Psychology of Urban Promises

Rodrigo V. Cardoso, Evert J. Meijers, Maarten van Ham, Martijn J. Burger, Duco de Vos

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10545

True Overconfidence, Revealed through Actions: An Experiment