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304 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9484
Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition
Milena Nikolova
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45 (Suppl.), 129 - 148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9451
Hukou Changes and Subjective Well-Being
Massimiliano Tani
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 47-61
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9401
National Well-being Policy and a Weighted Approach to Human Feelings
Gus O'Donnell, Andrew J. Oswald
published in: Ecological Economics, 2015,120, 59 - 70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9400
Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health
Shyamal Chowdhury, Annabelle Krause-Pilatus, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9397
Height, Weight and Well-Being for Rural, Urban and Migrant Workers in China
Wang-Sheng Lee, Zhong Zhao
published in: Social Indicators Research, 2017, 132 (1), 117-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9396
A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being
Younghwan Song
published in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2017, 7 (1), 65-83
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9395
Direct Evidence for Income Comparisons and Subjective Well-Being across Reference Groups
Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
revised version published in: Economics Letters, 2015, 137, 95-101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9312
Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?
Xin Zhang, Xiaobo Zhang, Xi Chen
pubished as 'Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 85, 81 - 94
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9253
Crime Victimisation and Subjective Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Australia
Stephane Mahuteau, Rong Zhu
published in: Health Economics, 2016, 25, 1448–1463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9252
(Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events
Reto Odermatt, Alois Stutzer
revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (1), 245–283
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9226
Do Social Networks Improve Chinese Adults' Subjective Well-being?
Xiaoyan Lei, Yan Shen, James P. Smith, Guangsu Zhou
published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2015, 6, 57 - 67
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9163
Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China
Alpaslan Akay, Olivier B. Bargain, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: China Economic Review, 2016, 37, 191-207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9114
Do Employment Protection Reforms Affect Well-Being?
Vanessa Dräger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9056
On the Equilibrium and Welfare Consequences of 'Keeping up with the Joneses'
Frédéric Gavrel, Therese Rebiere
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9017
Happy Moves? Assessing the Link Between Life Satisfaction and Emigration Intentions
Artjoms Ivlevs
published in: Kyklos, 2015, 68(3), 335-356.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9011
Conspicuous Work: Peer Working Time, Labour Supply and Happiness for Male Workers
Marion Collewet, Andries de Grip, Jaap de Koning
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 68, 79–90
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8966
Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties
John V. Winters, Yu Li
published in: Urban Studies, 2017, 54 (8), 1956-1973
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8914
The Asymmetric Experience of Positive and Negative Economic Growth: Global Evidence Using Subjective Well-Being Data
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, George W. Ward, Femke De Keulenaer, Bert van Landeghem, Georgios Kavetsos, Michael I. Norton
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (2), 362–375
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8722
Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-being
Carol Lee Graham, Milena Nikolova
published in: World Development, 2015, 68, 163 - 179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8697
Benefits of Education at the Intensive Margin: Childhood Academic Performance and Adult Outcomes among American Immigrants
Deniz Gevrek, Z. Eylem Gevrek, Cahit Guven
published in: Eastern Economic Journal, 2015, 41 (3), 298 – 328. (ABDC ranking: B)
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