IZA Discussion Papers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3170

Born To Be Mild? Cohort Effects Don’t (Fully) Explain Why Well-Being Is U-Shaped in Age

Andrew E. Clark

published in: Mariano Rojas (ed.), The Economics of Happiness: How the Easterlin Paradox Transformed our Understanding of Well-being and Progress, New York: Springer, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2925

Limited Self-Control, Obesity and the Loss of Happiness

Alois Stutzer

published in: Health Economics, 2015, 25, 1409–1424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2618

Individual Well-Being in a Dynamic Perspective

Conchita D'Ambrosio, Joachim R. Frick

published in: Economica, 2012, 79 (314), 284-302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2584

Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence

Richard A. Easterlin, Onnicha Sawangfa

published in: A.K. Dutt and B. Radcliff (eds.), Happiness, Economics, and Politics: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary Approach, 2009, Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2568

Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Bernard M. S. van Praag

published in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2007, 53, 42-68

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2533

Beautiful Serbia

Holger Bonin, Ulf Rinne

revised version published as 'Beautiful Serbia’ - objective and subjective outcomes of active labour market policy in a transition economy" in: Economics of Transition, 2014, 22(1), 43-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2508

Welfare Effects of the Euro Cash Changeover

Christoph Wunder, Johannes Schwarze, Gerhard Krug, Bodo Herzog

published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2008, 24 (3), 571-586

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2494

Life Satisfaction and Economic Outcomes in Germany Pre- and Post-Unification

Richard A. Easterlin, Anke Zimmermann

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (3-4), 433-444

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2083

Ambition and Jealousy: Income Interactions in the "Old" Europe versus the "New" Europe and the United States

Claudia Senik

published in: Economica, 2008, 75 (299), 495-513

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2019

The Happiness Gains from Sorting and Matching in the Labor Market

Simon Luechinger, Alois Stutzer, Rainer Winkelmann

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 233–251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1952

What Happiness Research Can Tell Us About Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction

Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey

published in: Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (eds.), Economics and Psychology. A Promising New Cross-Disciplinary Field, Cambridge: MIT Press, 2007, 169-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1811

Does Marriage Make People Happy, Or Do Happy People Get Married?

Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 326-347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1730

Individual Risk Attitudes: New Evidence from a Large, Representative, Experimentally-Validated Survey

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde, Jürgen Schupp, Gert G. Wagner

revised version published as 'Individual Risk Attitudes: Measurement, Determinants, and Behavioral Consequences' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (3), 522–550

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1716

What Buys Happiness? Analyzing Trends in Subjective Well-Being in 15 European Countries, 1973-2002

Christian Bjørnskov, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Peder J. Pedersen

published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9 (2), 317-330

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1351

Subjective Well-Being and Relative Deprivation: An Empirical Link

Conchita D'Ambrosio, Joachim R. Frick

published in: Social Indicators Research, 2007, 81(3), 497-519

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1278

Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox

Alois Stutzer, Bruno S. Frey

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 110 (2), 339 - 366