IZA Discussion Papers

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. 1952

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

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. 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. 1884

Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?

Alison L. Booth, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Economica, 2009, 76 (301), 176-196

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. 1748

Using Efficiency Analysis to Measure Individual Well-Being with an Illustration for Catalonia

Xavier Ramos

published in: Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silver (eds.): Quantitative Approaches to Multidimensional Poverty Measure, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

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. 1624

Disagreement in Partners' Reports of Financial Difficulty

Robert Breunig, Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Xiaodong Gong, Danielle Venn

published in: Review of the Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (1), 59-82

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1489

Job Security and Job Protection

Andrew E. Clark, Fabien Postel-Vinay

published in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2009, 61 (2), 207-239

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1486

Social Security in Belgium: Distributive Outcomes

Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefèbvre, Sergio Perelman, Pierre Pestieau

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1452

Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in Urban China, 1986-2000

Xin Meng, Bob Gregory, Youjuan Wang

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2005, 33 (4), 710-729

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1448

Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Intake in Urban China: 1986-2000

Xin Meng, Xiaodong Gong, Youjuan Wang

published as 'Impact of Income Growth and Economic Reform on Nutrition Availability in Urban China: 1986–2000' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2009, 57 (2), 261-295

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. 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.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1202

Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being

Rafael Lalive, Alois Stutzer

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 933-962