Wellbeing – wie Lebensqualität, Arbeit und Einkommen zusammenhängen
Das Streben nach Glück ist ein zentrales Element im Leben, wobei das individuelle Wohlbefinden sowohl persönliche als auch gesellschaftliche Ursachen hat. Welchen Einfluss haben Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Einkommen, der berufliche Werdegang oder Arbeitslosigkeitserfahrungen auf die subjektive Lebensqualität eines Menschen?
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Don't worry, be happy? Happiness and reemployment (2012)
Krause, Annabelle;Zitatform
Krause, Annabelle (2012): Don't worry, be happy? Happiness and reemployment. (IZA discussion paper 7107), Bonn, 31 S.
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"Subjective well-being is primarily treated as an outcome variable in the economic literature. However, is happiness also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a significant inverted U-shaped relationship exists between residual happiness and an unemployed individual's future reemployment probability and the reentry wage. Residual life satisfaction displays higher (or lower) satisfaction levels than would be predicted by a number of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. This paper is the first to show that happiness is mainly a predictor for self-employment and less for standard reemployment. Related findings suggest that happiness matters for male unemployed, and the concept of locus of control is able to explain part of the effect. If reemployment and higher wages are considered desirable outcomes for the unemployed individual and society, the shape of the effect suggests an optimal level of happiness, which is not necessarily the highest." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Getting older and getting happier with work: an information-processing explanation (2012)
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Luchman, Joseph N., Seth A. Kaplan & Reeshad S. Dalal (2012): Getting older and getting happier with work. An information-processing explanation. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 108, H. 3, S. 535-552. DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9892-8
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"Job attitudes and subjective well-being (SWB) have important relationships with one another. Moreover, job attitudes and, to an extent, SWB are related to chronological age. Owing to a 'graying' workforce in industrialized countries, uncovering how age influences job attitudes is increasingly important. The present work explores the effects of cognitive-aging research on the item response process during attitude measurement. Research finds that older individuals attend selectively to positive affective experiences and weigh affective experiences more heavily during judgment than younger individuals. Based on cognitive-aging research, we propose an item-response process and hypothesize that chronological age results in a specific form of measurement non-equivalence. Our hypothesis is tested on 2 different samples of university employees, across 3 different job attitudes rooted in emotional experiences. Results indicate age-related measurement non-equivalence across all 3 attitudes such that older employees report more positive job attitudes than younger employees even when controlling for the latent attitude construct. Our findings suggest caution in interpreting of age-satisfaction correlations, focusing greater attention on understanding item response processes of older versus younger individuals and increased attention to job-related emotional experience for older employees." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Becoming (un)employed and life satisfaction: asymmetric effects and potential omitted variable bias in empirical happiness studies (2012)
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Maennig, Wolfgang & Markus Wilhelm (2012): Becoming (un)employed and life satisfaction. Asymmetric effects and potential omitted variable bias in empirical happiness studies. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 19, H. 17, S. 1719-1722. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2011.652775
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"Becoming unemployed has negative effects on life satisfaction; a transition from unemployment to employment, however, has stronger positive effects in absolute terms. The asymmetry of the nonpecuniary effect indicates a potential 'omitted variable bias' in previous empirical happiness studies." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Migrant's pursuit of happiness: The impact of adaptation, social comparison and relative deprivation: evidence from a 'natural' experiment (2012)
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Melzer, Silvia Maja & Ruud J. Muffels (2012): Migrant's pursuit of happiness: The impact of adaptation, social comparison and relative deprivation. Evidence from a 'natural' experiment. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 448), Berlin, 36 S.
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"The German reunification, which several economists have called a 'natural' experiment, provides the unique possibility to inquire the impact of migration on subjective well-being (SWB). The main goal of the research is to assessing the impact of adaptation, social comparison and relative deprivation on the change in SWB associated with moving from Eastern to Western Germany after the German reunification in 1989. We suspect that the gains or losses in subjective well-being after migration are affected by the way migrants adapt to their new economic conditions, by with whom migrants compare themselves (that is, their reference group), their former peers in the East or their new peers in the West, and how well they integrate into the new society, that means whether they are relatively deprived with respect to earnings or not. We estimate fixed- and random-effects Generalized Least Square panel regression models. Our results indicate a positive and lasting effect of migration on SWB, although it is strongly suppressed by dissatisfaction resulting from the comparison of migrants' income with the incomes of their former peers in East Germany and the relatively higher earnings of their new peers in West Germany. Moreover, our analyses provide an explanation for the increase of SWB associated with an increase in income found in East Germany after the reunification; a deviation from the Easterlins' paradox." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Zum Glück wachsen: Sieben Weisheiten zu Wachstum, Wohlstand und Wohlbefinden (2012)
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Neumann, Michael (2012): Zum Glück wachsen: Sieben Weisheiten zu Wachstum, Wohlstand und Wohlbefinden. (Roman-Herzog-Institut. Diskussion 20), München, 32 S.
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"Wie gut ist das BIP als Gradmesser für Wohlbefinden tatsächlich? Geht Wachstum notwendiger Weise mit steigender Ressourcenverwendung einher? Stimmt die Behauptung, dass Einkommensungleichheit in einem Land zu geringerer Lebenszufriedenheit führt? Das RHI geht diesen 'Weisheiten' auf den Grund. Die Themengebiete, die uns Menschen direkt betreffen, scheinen prädestiniert für eine große Varianz an Meinungen und für die Entstehung von Mythen und vermeintlichen 'Weisheiten'. Das Roman Herzog Institut geht mit der Diskussion sieben von diesen 'Weisheiten' auf den Grund. Es werden empirische Untersuchungen herangezogen, mit denen sich Bestätigungen oder Widerlegungen dieser Weisheiten ergeben. Gleichzeitig finden Sie in dieser Publikation Verweise auf die Ausführungen der RHI-Experten, die gemeinsam zum Themenauftakt 'Wachstum, Wohlstand, Wohlbefinden' bei einem interdisziplinären Workshop am RHI diskutiert haben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Unemployment and happiness (2012)
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Ohtake, Fumio (2012): Unemployment and happiness. In: Japan labor review, Jg. 9, H. 2, S. 59-74.
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"Are unemployed people unhappier than employed people? To answer this question, this paper presents an extensive review of previous overseas studies and conducts an empirical analysis of the determinants of happiness in Japan. The main result in this study is consistent with that of previous studies; even when the income level and other individual characteristics are held constant, unemployment reduces people's happiness. This conclusion, if it is true, suggests that under budget constraints, to create jobs rather than to redistribute wealth to the unemployed may be more effective to raise people's levels of subjective well-being (happiness)." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Income and well-being across European provinces (2012)
Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam;Zitatform
Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam (2012): Income and well-being across European provinces. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 106, H. 2, S. 371-392. DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9812-y
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"The majority of studies investigate the effect of income on life satisfaction at either individual or country level. This study contributes with analysis at the (sub-national) province level across West European countries. I use a unique dataset Eurobarometer 44.2 Bis that is representative of province populations in a multilevel model. Provinces are defined according to The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics at second level (NUTS II). Living conditions measured by regional income increase life satisfaction beyond personal income and national income. There is larger life satisfaction inequality between the rich and the poor in poor provinces than in rich provinces. Personal income matters more for life satisfaction in poor provinces than in rich provinces." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Income inequality and its consequences for life satisfaction: what role do social cognitions play? (2012)
Schneider, Simone M.;Zitatform
Schneider, Simone M. (2012): Income inequality and its consequences for life satisfaction. What role do social cognitions play? In: Social indicators research, Jg. 106, H. 3, S. 419-438. DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9816-7
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"While it is generally agreed that income inequality affects an individual's well-being, researchers disagree on whether people living in areas of high income disparity report more or less happiness than those in more equal environments, thereby indicating the need to study how and why income inequality matters to the individual's well-being. Findings on group-specific reaction patterns to income inequality further fuel this need. Alesina et al. (2004) argue that a preference for inequality and the perception of the possibility of social mobility account for the indistinct relationship between income inequality and subjective well-being. Combining this hypothesis with previous research on social cognition and drawing on social justice theory, this paper aims to demonstrate the mediating nature of perceptions of income inequality. It argues that the perceived legitimacy of distributive outcomes and procedures contributes to how income inequalities affect individuals and their sense of well-being. The empirical analysis is based on data from the International Social Justice Project, developed from face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of the German population. Using structural equation modeling, the paper finds structural biases in the perception of income inequality. The paper concludes that subjective well-being is a product of the individual's perception and legitimating processes. The results indicate that social cognition is a useful tool for studies of income inequality and subjective well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Alt aber glücklich: Führt eine schrumpfende und alternde Bevölkerung zu weniger Wohlstand? (2012)
Sievert, Stephan; Klingholz, Reiner;Zitatform
Sievert, Stephan & Reiner Klingholz (2012): Alt aber glücklich: Führt eine schrumpfende und alternde Bevölkerung zu weniger Wohlstand? (Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung. Discussion paper 07), Berlin, 23 S.
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"Die Alterung und die Schrumpfung der Gesellschaft führen in Deutschland dazu, dass der Wirtschaft in Zukunft weniger potenzielle Arbeitskräfte zur Verfügung stehen als bisher. Bis 2050 dürfte die Zahl der Personen im erwerbsfähigen Alter von 53,5 auf 38,6 Millionen Menschen sinken. Der Anteil der wirtschaftlich Abhängigen, also der Kinder und insbesondere der Ruheständler, an der Gesamtbevölkerung wird im gleichen Zeitraum deutlich steigen. Im Umkehrschluss bedeutet dies, dass der materielle Wohlstand unserer Gesellschaft von einem immer kleiner werdenden Teil der Bevölkerung erwirtschaftet werden muss und folglich bei gleichbleibender Leistung jedes Einzelnen abnehmen würde. Doch ist dies wirklich so? In den vergangenen dreieinhalb Jahrzehnten ist die eingesetzte Arbeit in Deutschland bereits relativ konstant geblieben, und das Wirtschaftswachstum fußte einzig und allein auf Produktivitätszuwächsen. Letztere können auch weiterhin für eine wachsende Wirtschaft sorgen, sind jedoch ebenfalls nicht immun gegen demografische Veränderungen. So dürfte die Alterung der Gesellschaft mittelfristig die Kapitalaustattung der Erwerbstätigen senken und könnte ohne politische Reformen auch die totale Faktorproduktivität negativ beeinflussen, die ausdrückt, wie effizient die vorhandenen Produktionsfaktoren Arbeit und Kapital genutzt werden. Letzteres wäre dann der Fall, wenn ältere Arbeitnehmer weniger produktiv und innovativ wären als jüngere, worauf verschiedene Studien hindeuten. Ob dies in Zukunft so bleibt, wird sich zeigen. Unzweifelhaft ist jedoch, dass der demografische Wandel das Wirtschaftswachstum unter sonst gleichen Bedingungen dämpft. Dies bedeutet freilich nicht, dass die Wirtschaft in einer schrumpfenden Gesellschaft zwangsläufig schrumpfen muss." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The psychology of quality of life: hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia (2012)
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Sirgy, M. Joseph (2012): The psychology of quality of life. Hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. (Social indicators research series 50), Dordrecht: Springer London, 622 S.
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"The updated edition of this popular book covers up-to-date research on hedonic well-being (emotional well-being, positive/negative affect, affective dimension of happiness, etc.), life satisfaction (subjective well-being, perceived quality of life, subjective well-being, and cognitive dimension of happiness), and eudaimonia (psychological well-being, self-actualization, self-realization, growth, mental health, character strengths, etc.).
The book is divided in six major sections. Part 1 begins with a chapter that covers much of the history and philosophical foundations of the psychology of quality of life in terms of three major pillars: hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. This part also covers much of the research that has successfully made distinctions among these three major constructs and its varied dimensions. To establish to the importance of the topic (the psychology of quality of life), this part also covers much of the literature on the positive benefits of hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia on the individual, the community, organizations, and society at large. Part 2 focuses on capturing much of research dealing with the effects of objective reality (objective factors grounded in real, environmental conditions) on hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. Specifically, this part captures the quality-of-life literature related to biological and health-related effects, income effects, other demographic effects, effects of personal activities, and socio-cultural effects. Part 3 shifts gears to focus on the effects of subjective reality on hedonic well-being, life satisfaction, and eudaimonia. In this context, the book reviews research on personality effects, effects of affect and cognition, effects of beliefs and values, effects of goals, self-concept effects, and social comparison effects. Part 4 focuses on quality-of-life research that is domain specific. That is, the book covers the research on the psychology of life domains in general and delves in some depth to describe research on work well-being, residential well-being, material well-being, social well-being, health well-being, leisure well-being, and the well-being of other life domains of lesser salience. Part 5 focuses on covering much of the psychology of quality-of-life literature dealing with specific populations such as the elderly, women, children and youth, and specific countries. Part 6 is essentially an epilogue. This part discusses a variety of theories proposed by quality-of-life scholars designed to integrate much of the literature on the psychology of quality of life. The last chapter covers the author's own integrative theory." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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Job characteristics and subjective well-being in Australia: a capability approach perspective (2012)
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Suppa, Nicolai (2012): Job characteristics and subjective well-being in Australia. A capability approach perspective. (Ruhr economic papers 388), Essen, 27 S. DOI:10.4419/86788443
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"Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht empirisch den Effekt von Job-Eigenschaften auf subjektives Wohlbefinden, wobei der Capability-Ansatz als konzeptioneller Rahmen dient. Zunächst wird ein Messmodell für vier latente Job-Eigenschaften mittels einer konfirmatorischen Faktoranalyse vorgestellt. In einem zweiten Schritt wird dann der Einfluss von Job-Eigenschaften auf die Lebens- und Jobzufriedenheit, mittels australischer Paneldaten, untersucht. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass (i) die vier latenten Job-Eigenschaften valide Konstrukte darstellen, (ii) positive Job-Eigenschaften die Lebens- und Jobzufriedenheit signifikant erhöhen, (iii) Job-Eigenschaften die mit Arbeitslosigkeit einhergehende Unzufriedenheit teilweise erklären können und (iv) dass das Kontrollieren unbeobachteter Heterogenität in derartigen Untersuchungen von zentraler Bedeutung ist." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Gender differences in subjective well-being in and out of management positions (2012)
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke;Zitatform
Trzcinski, Eileen & Elke Holst (2012): Gender differences in subjective well-being in and out of management positions. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 107, H. 3, S. 449-463. DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9857-y
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"This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market, compared with employment in non-leadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results indicated that a clear hierarchy exists for men in term of how status within the labour market was associated with subjective life satisfaction. Unemployed men were the least satisfied, followed by men who were not in the labour market, while men in leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant differences were observed among women in high-level managerial positions, women who worked in non-high-level positions, and women who specialized in household production, with no market work. Only women who were unemployed reported lower levels of life satisfaction, compared with women in other labour-market statuses. Our results lend evidence to the contention that men can 'have it all', but women must still choose between career and family in Germany. We argue that interventions need to address how the non-pecuniary rewards associated with high-level managerial and leadership positions can be increased for women. Such policies would also likely serve to mitigate the 'pipeline' problem concerning the number of women who are available to move into high positions in the private sector." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Well-being in Germany: GDP and unemployment still matter (2012)
Vatter, Johannes;Zitatform
Vatter, Johannes (2012): Well-being in Germany. GDP and unemployment still matter. (RatSWD working paper 196), Berlin, 31 S.
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"This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction reflects macroeconomic fundamentals, where labor market conditions play a dominant role. Differing levels of GDP and economic growth have contributed rather indirectly to regional well-being such that the years since the German reunification can be considered as a period of joyless growth. Approximately half of the 'satisfaction gap' between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing macroeconomic conditions. Moreover, we argue that it is advisable for governments to collect more data on aspects that presumably influence the well-being of society. For example, it is highly probable that reliable data on regional income inequality would lead to several important and influential studies. This, in turn, can help to design indicators for those characteristics which are known for affecting SWB. In total, we do not perceive any fundamental caveat for using data on SWB in order to measure welfare directly, at least within culturally and linguistically homogenous regions. To reduce statistical uncertainty, however, it would be helpful to include subjective information of this kind into larger cross-sectional surveys such as common census data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Country-specific life satisfaction effects of unemployment: does labour market policy matter? (2012)
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Wulfgramm, Melike (2012): Country-specific life satisfaction effects of unemployment. Does labour market policy matter? (ZeS-Arbeitspapier 2012/07), Bremen, 32 S.
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"Das Leben aller Bürger wird durch die Ausgestaltung des Wohlfahrtsstaats gerahmt und dies gilt in besonderem Maße für diejenigen, die auf Unterstützung durch den Sozialstaat angewiesen sind. Doch inwiefern lassen sich die Unterschiede im subjektiven Wohlbefinden von europäischen Arbeitslosen durch die nationale Ausgestaltung der Arbeitsmarktpolitik erklären? Dieses Paper untersucht den moderierenden Einfluss der Generosität und des Designs aktiver und passiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik auf die Lebenszufriedenheit der betroffenen Arbeitslosen. Hierzu werden die Umfragedaten von 4 Wellen des European Social Surveys gemeinsam mit arbeitsmarktpolitischen Makrodaten in einer Mehrebenenanalyse untersucht. Während sich der negative Lebenszufriedenheitseffekt von Arbeitslosigkeit in allen Ländern bestätigt, zeigt sich ein überraschend starker moderierender Effekt der Generosität der Arbeitslosenunterstützung: Der nachteilige Effekt von Arbeitslosigkeit verdoppelt sich in Ländern mit eingeschränkten Leistungen im Vergleich zu großzügigeren Ländern beinahe. Hierbei finden sich Hinweise auf nichtpekuniäre sowie Ressourcenmechanismen. Der positive moderierende Effekt der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik stellt sich hingegen als deutlich weniger robust dar." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Deprivation, social exclusion and subjective well-being (2011)
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Bellani, Luna & Conchita D'Ambrosio (2011): Deprivation, social exclusion and subjective well-being. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 104, H. 1, S. 67-86. DOI:10.1007/s11205-010-9718-0
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"This paper aims at investigating empirically the relationship between self-declared satisfaction with life and an individual's well-being as measured by the indices of deprivation and social exclusion proposed in the income distribution literature. Results on European countries show that life satisfaction decreases with an increase in deprivation and exclusion after controlling for individual's income, relative income and other influential factors in a multivariate setting." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Job security and employee well-being: evidence from matched survey and register data (2011)
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Böckerman, Petri, Pekka Ilmakunnas & Edvard Johansson (2011): Job security and employee well-being. Evidence from matched survey and register data. In: Labour economics, Jg. 18, H. 4, S. 547-554. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2010.12.011
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"We examine the effects of establishment- and industry-level labor market turnover on employees' well-being. The linked employer-employee panel data contain both survey information on employees' subjective well-being and comprehensive register-based information on job and worker flows. We test for the existence of compensating wage differentials by explaining wages and job satisfaction with average uncertainties, measured by an indicator for a high excessive turnover (churning) rate. The results are consistent with the theory of compensating wage differentials, since high uncertainty increases real wages, but high uncertainty has no effect on job satisfaction while not controlling for wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The effect of subsidized employment on happiness (2011)
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Crost, Benjamin (2011): The effect of subsidized employment on happiness. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 384), Berlin, 43 S.
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"While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can increase the happiness of the unemployed. To close this gap, this paper estimates the causal effect of a type of subsidized employment projects - Germany's Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen - on self- reported happiness. Results from matching and fixed effects estimators suggest that subsidized employment has a large and statistically significant positive effect on the happiness of individuals who would otherwise have been unemployed. Detailed panel data on pre- and post-project happiness suggests that this effect can neither be explained by self-selection of happier individuals into employment nor by the higher incomes of the employed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Age, life-satisfaction, and relative income (2011)
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Fitzroy, Felix, Michael Nolan & Max Friedrich Steinhardt (2011): Age, life-satisfaction, and relative income. (IZA discussion paper 6045), Bonn, 25 S.
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"We first confirm previous results with the German Socio-economic Panel, and obtain strong negative effects of comparison income. However, when we split the sample by age, we find quite different results for reference income. The effects on life-satisfaction are positive and significant for those under 46, consistent with Hirschman's (1973) 'tunnel effect', and only negative (and larger than in the full sample) for those over 46, when relative deprivation dominates. Thus for young respondents, reference income's signalling role, indicating potential future prospects, can outweigh relative deprivation effects. Own-income effects are also larger for the older sample, and of greater magnitude than the comparison income effect. In East Germany the reference income effects are insignificant for all age groups." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Sicherheit macht zufrieden: wie Verunsicherung die Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeit beeinträchtigt (2011)
Hardering, Friedericke; Bergheim, Stefan;Zitatform
Hardering, Friedericke & Stefan Bergheim (2011): Sicherheit macht zufrieden. Wie Verunsicherung die Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeit beeinträchtigt. Frankfurt, M., 33 S.
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Untersucht werden die Auswirkungen der wahrgenommene Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit. Hierzu werden einschlägige Studien für Deutschland ausgewertet. Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit hängt nicht nur von der eigenen Beschäftigungssituation ab, sondern ebenso von der Einschätzung der Folgen, die eine Kündigung nach sich ziehen kann. Die wahrgenommene Wahrscheinlichkeit des sozialen Abstiegs wie auch die erwarteten Konsequenzen desselben werden wiederum stark durch den sozialen Vergleich beeinflusst. Zudem fliest die aktuelle Konjunkturlage in die wahrgenommene Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit ein. Die Schlussfolgerungen dieser Studie sind: Für mehr Zufriedenheit mit der Arbeit ist nicht nur die Verbesserung der unmittelbaren Arbeitsbedingungen und die Vermeidung von Arbeitslosigkeit wichtig, sondern insbesondere die Verringerung der Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit in der Gesellschaft. Breite Wohlfahrtsmaße sollten neben dem subjektiven Wohlbefinden auch ein Maß für gesellschaftliche Verunsicherung einschließen. Die psychologischen Kosten, die durch Verunsicherung bei 'objektiv' sicher Beschäftigten entstehen, müssen mehr Berücksichtigung finden. (IAB)
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Work to live or live to work? Unemployment, happiness, and culture (2011)
Krause, Annabelle;Zitatform
Krause, Annabelle (2011): Work to live or live to work? Unemployment, happiness, and culture. (IZA discussion paper 6101), Bonn, 20 S.
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"Happiness drops when individuals become unemployed. The negative impact of the unemployment shock, however, may differ by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic', this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in its cultural diversity. By comparing different cultural groups in the same institutional setting, I empirically test whether such deep psychological traits have an influence on how unemployment is perceived. It is found that unemployment has a significantly negative effect on life satisfaction in Switzerland. I furthermore present evidence which confirms to some extent the hypothesis that Swiss German individuals suffer more from unemployment, although for the most part, these results are without statistical significance. Swiss Germans are additionally found to be happier than their French-speaking compatriots - independent of whether they are unemployed. This difference between Romanic and Germanic cultural backgrounds is in line with previous findings, but deserves further research attention." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Does migration make you happy?: considering the impact of migration on subjective well-being (2011)
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Melzer, Silvia Maja (2011): Does migration make you happy? Considering the impact of migration on subjective well-being. In: Journal of Social Research and Policy, Jg. 2, H. 2, S. 73-92., 2011-12-01.
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"In the field of neoclassical economics, migrants are expected to move to improve their economic situation, but what are the effects of moving on the subjective well-being (SWB) of migrants? Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) (1990-2007), I investigate the influence of migration from Eastern to Western Germany on SWB. The hypotheses in this study are derived from neoclassical economics and from the psychology literature. Following the rational choice framework, I expect that migration improves SWB in the long term. Fixed-effects models distinguish between the effects of unobserved heterogeneity, such as varying personality traits, and migration on SWB. The results reveal that migration has a positive, longterm effect on SWB. In addition, the favorable labor market conditions in Western Germany account for the increasing SWB that is reported by male migrants but does not account for that reported by female migrants." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Unemployment and well-being in Europe. The effect of country unemployment rate, work ethics and family ties (2011)
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Mikucka, Malgorzata (2011): Unemployment and well-being in Europe. The effect of country unemployment rate, work ethics and family ties. (LISER working papers 2011,14), Esch-sur-Alzette, 36 S.
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"Subjective well-being literature shows that higher unemployment rate corresponds to lower psychological cost of own unemployment. The goal of the paper is to deepen the understanding of this regularity by investigating the role played by the work ethics and the strength of family ties. I analyze the European Values Study data (2008) for 36 countries using multilevel regression methodology. First, starting from the “stigma hypothesis” I postulate that higher unemployment rate is associated with weaker work values, which correspond to less social pressure and feeling of guilt, in turn lowering the psychological cost of own unemployment. This is only partly supported by the data: whereas stronger work values lower the well-being of unemployed, the country work ethics has no effect. According to the second hypothesis, stronger family ties raise the well-being of the unemployed. This prediction is confirmed: people living in countries with stronger family ties and those declaring stronger norms for family support suffer less from being unemployed. However, the strength of family ties does not mediate the link between unemployment rate and effect of own unemployment. Moreover, weaker family ties contribute to lower well-being of unemployed in western Europe." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Does a better job match makes women happier?: work orientations, work-care choices and subjective well-being in Germany (2011)
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Muffels, Ruud & Bauke Kemperman (2011): Does a better job match makes women happier? Work orientations, work-care choices and subjective well-being in Germany. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 361), Berlin, 36 S.
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"The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating labor market and time constraints. Data come from 24 waves of the German (SOEP) Household Panel (1984-2007). Random and fixed-effect panel regression models are estimated. Work orientations and work-leisure choices indeed matter for women's SWB but the effects are strongly mediated by the job match especially for younger birth cohorts and higher educated women. Therefore, apart from the impact of genes or personality traits preferences and choices as well as labor market and time constraints matter significantly for the well-being of women, providing partial support to the role (scarcity-expansion) theory and the combination pressure thesis while at the same time challenging set-point theory." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Subjective well-being and aggregate unemployment: further evidence (2011)
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Ochsen, Carsten (2011): Subjective well-being and aggregate unemployment. Further evidence. In: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Jg. 58, H. 5, S. 634-655. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9485.2011.00562.x
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"According to the literature, individual well-being is negatively related to aggregate unemployment. This study examines whether the distribution of aggregate unemployment by duration affects well-being, in addition to the level of unemployment. Different explanations are provided to indicate how the shares of short-term (up to 3 months) and long-term (more than 1 year) unemployed people could affect the well-being of the employed and unemployed. Using data from almost 300,000 individuals from 11 EU countries, we find significant effects of both shares on life satisfaction. Among the unemployed, for example, we find a U-shaped effect of the distribution of aggregate unemployment by duration on subjective well-being, which compensates to some extent for the negative effect of the unemployment rate." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Happiness in Europe: cross-country differences in the determinants of satisfaction with main activity (2011)
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Pedersen, Peder J. & Torben Dall Schmidt (2011): Happiness in Europe. Cross-country differences in the determinants of satisfaction with main activity. In: The Journal of Socio-Economics, Jg. 40, H. 5, S. 480-489. DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2010.10.004
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"Data in the European Community Household Panel are used to analyse the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and demographic variables. The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion of the relationship between life satisfaction and income utilizing also the panel property of the data. We find an impact from the level of income only for a group of Southern European countries. For the same group of countries the difference between individual and average change in income has a significant impact on satisfaction. For all countries in the panel we find a significant impact from the change in the individual income situation over the last year. We find a strong impact from changes in labour force status and a strong negative impact on satisfaction from being unemployed and a somewhat weaker impact from being outside the labour force. Further, the level of and change in self-reported health has a strong impact on satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Multidimensional well-being at the top: evidence for Germany (2011)
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Peichl, Andreas & Nico Pestel (2011): Multidimensional well-being at the top. Evidence for Germany. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 425), Berlin, 17 S.
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"This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material wellbeing, we include health as a proxy for nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported satisfaction with life as dimensions. We find that one third of the German population is well-off in at least one dimension but only one percent in all three dimensions simultaneously. While the distribution of income has become more concentrated at the top, the concentration at the top of the multidimensional well-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to multidimensional wellbeing at the top which has important policy implications." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Quality of life in Europe: empirical evidence (2011)
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Poggi, Ambra, Giulia Bizzotto, Francesco Devicienti, Patrik Vesan & Claudia Villosio (2011): Quality of life in Europe. Empirical evidence. (Walqing working paper 2011-04), Moncalieri, 58 S.
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In dem Bericht werden neuere Daten über die Lebensqualität der europäischen Bevölkerung aus den Jahren 2006 und 2007 dargestellt und kommentiert. Insbesondere die Einkommensverhältnisse sowie die Lebensbedingungen von Berufstätigen werden dabei herangezogen. Es werden insgesamt vier Typen der Lebensqualität analysiert: (1) Materielles Wohlbefinden, (2) Soziale Integration, (3) Gesundheitliches Wohlbefinden und (4) Subjektives Wohlbefinden. Die Zufriedenheit hängt in sehr starkem Maße vom Arbeitsstatus ab. Arbeitslose gehören erwartungsgemäß in allen vier Kategorien zu den Verlierern. (IAB)
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If happiness is relative, against whom do we compare ourselves?: implications for labour supply (2011)
Pérez-Asenjo, Eduardo;Zitatform
Pérez-Asenjo, Eduardo (2011): If happiness is relative, against whom do we compare ourselves? Implications for labour supply. In: Journal of population economics, Jg. 24, H. 4, S. 1411-1442. DOI:10.1007/s00148-010-0322-z
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"This paper addresses two important issues: the nature of the reference group to which individuals compare themselves, and the implications of social comparisons for labour supply. It identifies age as the main characteristic defining the reference group. Race, sex and religion are other relevant features in its determination. It provides micro-level evidence that social comparisons influence the hours an individual works. Specifically, if her income is lower than her reference group income, she will work more. It also shows that for males, white people and people living in rural areas the effect of relative income on both happiness and labour supply is greater." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The relation between life satisfaction and the material situation: a re-evaluation using alternative measures (2010)
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Christoph, Bernhard (2010): The relation between life satisfaction and the material situation. A re-evaluation using alternative measures. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 98, H. 3, S. 475-499. DOI:10.1007/s11205-009-9552-4
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Eines der überraschendsten Forschungsergebnisse ist der schwache Zusammenhang zwischen der materiellen Situation eines Individuums und seinem subjektiven Wohlbefinden. In jüngster Zeit wurde deshalb verstärkt danach gefragt, ob das Einkommen als Indikator für die materielle Situation ausreichend ist. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird gezeigt, dass unter Einbeziehung alternativer Maße für die materielle Situation der Zusammenhang zwischen der materiellen Situation und subjektiven Wohlbefinden wohl doch stärker ausfällt. Der Autor gibt einen Überblick über verschiedene Ansätze zur Messung der materiellen Situation und schlägt die Anwendung eines sogenannten Deprivations-Ansatzes aus der Armutsforschung vor. Er argumentiert, dass sich dieser besser als Einkommen oder Vermögen zur Analyse des genannten Zusammenhangs eignet. Diese Hypothese wird anhand von drei verschiedenen deutschen Datensätzen überprüft. Es zeigt sich, dass in allen Fällen Deprivations-Maße besser zur Erklärung von Unterschieden im subjektiven Wohlbefinden geeignet sind. Da beide Ansätze unterschiedliche Aspekte der materiellen Situation aufzeigen, wird eine Kombination beider Ansätze als Alternative vorgeschlagen. (IAB)
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Work and well-being (2010)
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Clark, Andrew E. (2010): Work and well-being. In: CESifo DICE report, Jg. 8, H. 4, S. 17-21.
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Zwei Forschungsfragen bezüglich Arbeit und Zufriedenheit werden in dem Beitrag diskutiert. Zum einen wird der Zusammenhang zwischen Arbeitsmarktstatus und Zufriedenheit thematisiert. Ist die subjektive Zufriedenheit von Arbeitslosen geringer als die Zufriedenheit von abhängig Beschäftigten? Und ist die subjektive Zufriedenheit von Selbständigen höher als die Zufriedenheit von abhängig Beschäftigten? Sind Rentner zufrieden mit ihrem Berufsausstieg? Wird der Erwerbsstatus freiwillig gewählt oder spielen Zwänge eine Rolle? Zweites Thema ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Arbeitsplatzmerkmalen und Zufriedenheit. Arbeitsplatzqualität wird hier nicht nur als eine objektiv messbare Größe betrachtet, sondern auch in ihrer subjektiven Dimension. Berücksichtigt man diese Heterogenität bei der Bewertung von Arbeit, dann lassen sich auch die Unterschiede in der Bewertung des Berufsausstiegs erklären: Die Zufriedenheit hängt hier sowohl von der Art der Arbeit als auch von der Zukunftsperspektive ab. (IAB)
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Boon or bane? Others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity (2010)
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Clark, Andrew, Andreas Knabe & Steffen Rätzel (2010): Boon or bane? Others' unemployment, well-being and job insecurity. In: Labour economics, Jg. 17, H. 1, S. 52-61. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2009.05.007
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"The social norm of unemployment suggests that aggregate unemployment reduces the well-being of the employed, but has a far smaller effect on the unemployed. We use German panel data to reproduce this standard result, but then suggest that the appropriate distinction may not be between employment and unemployment, but rather between higher and lower levels of labour-market security, at least for men. Men with good job prospects, both employed and unemployed, are strongly negatively affected by regional unemployment. However, insecure employed men and poor-prospect unemployed men are less negatively, or even positively, affected. There is however no clear relationship for women. We analyse labour-market inequality and unemployment hysteresis in the light of our results." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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International differences in well-being (2010)
Diener, Ed ; Arora, Raksha; Kapteyn, Arie ; Helliwell, John; Krilla, Amy; Kahneman, Daniel; Veenhoven, Ruut; Barrington-Leigh, Chris; Clark, Andrew E. ; Krueger, Alan B.; Di Tella, Rafael; Layard, R.; Fischler, Claude; MacCulloch, Robert ; Graham, Carol ; Mayraz, G.; Harter, James K.; Nickell, S.; Huang, Haifang; Oishi, Shigehiro ; Chattopadhyay, Soumya; Picon, Mario; Easterlin, Richard A. ; Sawangfa, Onnicha; Harris, Anthony; Schkade, David A.; Ingleheart, Ronald F.; Smith, James P. ; Fortson, Jane; Tortora, Robert; Deaton, Angus ; Tov, William; Helliwell, John F. ; Soest, Arthur van ;Zitatform
Diener, Ed, John Helliwell & Daniel Kahneman (Hrsg.) (2010): International differences in well-being. (Series in positive psychology), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 489 S.
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"This is a major compendium of the principles and practice of well-being research explaining international differences in well-being. It combines psychology, political science, and economics to examine the well-being of nations. This book draws together the latest work from scholars around the world using subjective well-being data to understand and compare well-being across countries and cultures. Starting from many different vantage points, the authors reached a consensus that many measures of subjective well-being, ranging from life evaluations through emotional states, based on memories and current evaluations, merit broader collection and analysis. Using data from the Gallup World Poll, the World Values Survey, and other internationally comparable surveys, the authors document wide divergences among countries in all measures of subjective well-being, The international differences are greater for life evaluations than for emotions. Despite the well-documented differences in the ways in which subjective evaluations change through time and across cultures, the bulk of the very large international differences in life evaluations are due to differences in life circumstances rather than differences in the way these differences are evaluated." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Wohlstandsmessung durch Indikatoren zur Lebenszufriedenheit (2010)
Erber, Georg;Zitatform
Erber, Georg (2010): Wohlstandsmessung durch Indikatoren zur Lebenszufriedenheit. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Jg. 90, H. 12, S. 831-839.
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"Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt ist als Maßstab für den Wohlstand einer Gesellschaft unzureichend. Aktuell bemühen sich verschiedene Organisationen, einen Indikator zusammenzustellen, der den Wohlstand besser abbildet. Auf EU-Ebene wurde hierfür ein Indikatorensystem insbesondere auch die 'Satisfaction Adjusted Life Expectancy' (SALY) vorgeschlagen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Women between part-time and full-time work: The influence of changing hours of work on happiness and life-satisfaction (2010)
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Gash, Vanessa, Antje Mertens & Laura Romeu Gordo (2010): Women between part-time and full-time work: The influence of changing hours of work on happiness and life-satisfaction. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 268), Berlin, 42 S.
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"This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by measuring the impact of changes in working-hours on life satisfaction in two countries (the UK and Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey). We find decreases in working-hours bring about positive and significant improvement on well-being for women." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Perceived job insecurity and well-being revisited: towards conceptual clarity (2010)
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Geishecker, Ingo (2010): Perceived job insecurity and well-being revisited. Towards conceptual clarity. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 282), Berlin, 35 S.
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"This paper analyzes the impact of job insecurity perceptions on individual well- being. In contrast to previous studies, we explicitly take into account perceptions about both the likelihood and the potential costs of job loss and demonstrate that most contributions to the literature suffer from simultaneity bias. When accounting for simultaneity, we find the true unbiased effect of perceived job insecurity to be more than twice the size of naive estimates. Accordingly, perceived job insecurity ranks as one of the most important factors in employees' well-being and can be even more harmful than actual job loss with subsequent unemployment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Happiness and social policy in Europe (2010)
Greve, Bent ; Noll, Heinz-Herbert ; Klein, Carlo; Weick, Stefan; Jordan, Bill; Sirovátka, Tomáš ; Fors, Filip; Zupi, Marco; Cerami, Alfio; Saxonberg, Steven ; Berg, Maarten; Veenhoven, Ruut; Beblavy, Miroslav;Zitatform
Greve, Bent (Hrsg.) (2010): Happiness and social policy in Europe. Cheltenham: Elgar, 221 S.
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"Happiness has become a central issue in research in recent years. This book brings together researchers from around Europe to present, analyse and discuss the relation between happiness and social policy. Bent Greve demonstrates in this unique book, that research on happiness is important to understand and that the welfare state and social policy is essential in promoting more jobs, social inclusion and to a certain degree also a high level of equality. He highlights that while differences do exist among the countries studied, clearly social policy has a role in increasing happiness in Europe." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Glücksforschung: Stand der Dinge und Bedeutung für die Ökonomik (2010)
Hirata, Johannes;Zitatform
Hirata, Johannes (2010): Glücksforschung. Stand der Dinge und Bedeutung für die Ökonomik. In: (2010): Ordo. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 61, S. 127-149.
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"Die moderne Glücksforschung ist über die vergangenen Jahre überaus produktiv gewesen und hat zweifellos einige wertvolle Erkenntnisse zutage gefördert. Dieser Produktivität steht jedoch eine gewisse Orientierungslosigkeit und Heterogenität gegenüber - als Beobachter weiß man gelegentlich nicht so recht, worin denn das übergeordnete Ziel der betriebenen Forschung und die Bedeutung der jeweiligen Forschungsergebnisse bestehen. Ausgehend von einer Untersuchung der Voraussetzungen und Methoden der modernen Glücksforschung werden einige grundlegende Fragen und die mögliche Bedeutung der Glücksforschung für die Ökonomik kritisch erörtert." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being (2010)
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Kahneman, Daniel & Angus Deaton (2010): High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jg. 107, H. 38, S. 16489-16493. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1011492107
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"Recent research has begun to distinguish two aspects of subjective well-being. Emotional well-being refers to the emotional quality of an individual's everyday experience - the frequency and intensity of experiences of joy, stress, sadness, anger, and affection that make one's life pleasant or unpleasant. Life evaluation refers to the thoughts that people have about their life when they think about it. We raise the question of whether money buys happiness, separately for these two aspects of well-being. We report an analysis of more than 450,000 responses to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, a daily survey of 1,000 US residents conducted by the Gallup Organization. We find that emotional well-being (measured by questions about emotional experiences yesterday) and life evaluation (measured by Cantril's Self-Anchoring Scale) have different correlates. Income and education are more closely related to life evaluation, but health, care giving, loneliness, and smoking are relatively stronger predictors of daily emotions. When plotted against log income, life evaluation rises steadily. Emotional well-being also rises with log income, but there is no further progress beyond an annual income of ~$75,000. Low income exacerbates the emotional pain associated with such misfortunes as divorce, ill health, and being alone. We conclude that high income buys life satisfaction but not happiness, and that low income is associated both with low life evaluation and low emotional well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Income, happiness, and the disutility of labour (2010)
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Knabe, Andreas & Steffen Rätzel (2010): Income, happiness, and the disutility of labour. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 107, H. 1, S. 77-79. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.032
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"We re-examined the claim that neglecting the impact of working hours on happiness causes a downward bias in the income - happiness-relationship. Pouwels et al. (2008), using cross-sectional data for Germany, found that controlling for working hours would substantially increase the impact of income on subjective well-being. Replicating their methodology, we find similar results. When we consider a methodology that has currently become standard in the happiness literature, including a panel dataset and the control for individual unobserved heterogeneity by including fixed effects, however, the results change considerably. Using this estimation technique and specifying the impact of working hours in a more flexible, quadratic form that allows for non-monotonic influences, we obtain results that suggest that the impact of working hours on happiness is rather small and exhibits an inverse U-shape. Since the magnitude of the effect of working hours is small, there is no evidence that leaving working hours out of the analysis leads to an underestimation of the income effect." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Second European quality of life survey: living conditions, social exclusion and mental well-being (2010)
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Layte, Richard, Bertrand Maître & Christopher T. Whelan (2010): Second European quality of life survey. Living conditions, social exclusion and mental well-being. Dublin, 83 S.
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"Over the past two decades, the concept of social exclusion has increasingly replaced the concept of poverty within the EU policy discussion on social vulnerability and disadvantage. It has been shown that unequal access to the labour market and poor living conditions negatively affect social participation and social contact, which in turn impact on the quality of life of Europe's citizens and lead to a sense of social exclusion. The second European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS), conducted by Eurofound in 2007, offers a wide-ranging view of the diverse social realities in Europe today. This report looks at the relationships between living conditions, social exclusion and mental well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Pädagogik des Glücks: wann, wo und wie wir das Glück lernen (2010)
Münch, Joachim; Wyrobnik, Irit;Zitatform
Münch, Joachim & Irit Wyrobnik (2010): Pädagogik des Glücks. Wann, wo und wie wir das Glück lernen. Baltmannsweiler: Schneider-Verl. Hohengehren, 170 S.
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"Philosophische Abhandlungen zum Glück findet man zuhauf, das Streben nach Glück beschäftigt die Menschen schon seit der Antike. Die Zahl der Publikationen über Bildungstheorien ist ebenso Legion. Dagegen wurde bisher der Zusammenhang von 'Bildung' und 'Glück' eher weniger beachtet. In der vorliegenden 'Pädagogik des Glücks' versuchen Joachim Münch und Irit Wyrobnik diesen Zusammenhang zu erhellen, indem sie der Frage nachgehen, wann, wo und wie wir das Glück lernen können. Auf diese Weise geraten die verschiedenen Lebensabschnitte und Lernorte mit ihren jeweils besonderen Voraussetzungen und Möglichkeiten für Zufriedenheit und Glück in den Blickpunkt. Schließlich wird auch der Frage nachgegangen, wie wir 'Saboteure' des Glücks bekämpfen und 'Tore' zum Glück weit öffnen können." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth (2010)
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Sacks, Daniel W., Betsey Stevenson & Justin Wolfers (2010): Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth. (NBER working paper 16441), Cambridge, Mass., 53 S. DOI:10.3386/w16441
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"We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer individuals, and establish that this relationship is similar in most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well- being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens' life satisfaction typically grows, and that those countries experiencing more rapid economic growth also tend to experience more rapid growth in life satisfaction. These results together suggest that measured subjective well-being grows hand in hand with material living standards." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland: Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators (2010)
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Suntum, Ulrich van, Aloys Prinz & Nicole Uhde (2010): Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland. Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 259), Berlin, 62 S.
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"Die Konstruktion eines umfassenden Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators erfordert (...) eine Kombination dieser klassischen Wohlfahrtsindikatoren mit den neueren Erkenntnissen der Glücksforschung. Für Deutschland lassen sich Letztere mit Hilfe der Umfragedaten aus dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) ermitteln. Dabei sind vor allem solche Glücksfaktoren interessant, welche die Politik zumindest auf längere Sicht beeinflussen kann. Individuelle Glückskomponenten wie etwa Familienstand und Alter sollten deshalb nicht in einen Glücksindikator eingehen, der als Kompass für die Politik gedacht ist. Sie müssen aber gleichwohl als Kontrollvariablen berücksichtigt werden, wenn es um die fundierte Ableitung eines Indikators aus den Daten des SOEP geht. Im Folgenden werden die Ergebnisse einer solchen Analyse dargestellt. Sie liefert eine Reihe von Variablen, die für einen umfassenden Lebenszufriedenheitsindikator für Deutschland verwendet werden können. Die Analyse bestätigt weitgehend die Ergebnisse der internationalen empirischen 'Glücksforschung' und erweitert sie um einige neue Aspekte, insbesondere was Arbeitsmarktflexibilität und soziale Sicherheit als Glücksfaktoren betrifft. Im folgenden Abschnitt werden zunächst die wesentlichen Ergebnisse der internationalen Glücksforschung vorgestellt. Anschließend wird die Auswertung der SOEP-Daten für Deutschland vorgestellt und erläutert, welche Faktoren hierzulande einen positiven oder negativen Einfluss auf die Lebenszufriedenheit haben. Daraus wird ein Lebenszufriedenheitsindikator ('Glücks-BIP') für Deutschland abgeleitet, der sowohl materielle als auch immaterielle Wohlstandskomponenten enthält. Im letzten Abschnitt wird dieser Indikator sowohl mit dem Bruttoinlandsprodukt als klassischem Wohlstandsindikator als auch mit der Lebenszufriedenheit insgesamt verglichen, wie sie sich aus den entsprechenden Umfragen des SOEP ergibt." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)
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Second European quality of life survey: subjective well-being in Europe (2010)
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Watson, Dorothy, Florian Pichler & Claire Wallace (2010): Second European quality of life survey. Subjective well-being in Europe. Dublin, 98 S.
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"What are the factors that give rise to a feeling of satisfaction with one's life and do these vary from country to country across Europe? This report explores the role of different aspects of an individual's life - such as income, age, employment, marital status and health - in shaping the quality of their lives. Drawing on findings from the second European Quality of Life Survey, carried out by Eurofound in 2007, it gives a wide-ranging picture of the diverse social realities in Europe today." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Gleichheit ist Glück: warum gerechte Gesellschaften für alle besser sind (2010)
Wilkinson, Richard; Pickett, Kate;Zitatform
Wilkinson, Richard & Kate Pickett (2010): Gleichheit ist Glück. Warum gerechte Gesellschaften für alle besser sind. Berlin: Tolkemitt, 368 S.
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"In jahrzehntelanger Forschung haben die beiden Wissenschaftler Richard Wilkinson und Kate Pickett empirische Daten gesammelt und ausgewertet, anhand derer sie den Einfluss der Ungleichheit auf eine Vielzahl der drängendsten sozialen Probleme entwickelter Gesellschaften untersuchen. Die geistige Gesundheit oder der Drogenkonsum der Mitglieder einer Gesellschaft, Lebenserwartung, Gesundheit, Übergewicht, Bildung, die Geburtenrate bei Minderjährigen, die Verbrechensrate und nicht zuletzt die soziale Mobilität: All diese Phänomene hängen statistisch eindeutig davon ab, wie ungleich die Einkommens- und somit Chancenverteilung einer Gesellschaft ist. Ab einem gewissen Einkommensniveau, das etwa auf der Höhe dessen von - ausgerechnet - Kuba liegt, ist es eben nicht mehr die Höhe des Durchschnittseinkommens, die es den Menschen immer bessergehen lässt, sondern die Verteilung des Einkommens." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)
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Economics of Happiness: ein neues Paradigma für die Finanzpolitik? (2010)
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(2010): Economics of Happiness. Ein neues Paradigma für die Finanzpolitik? In: Monatsbericht des BMF H. 4, S. 38-53.
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- Einkommen spielt eine große Rolle für die Lebenszufriedenheit der Menschen. Allerdings wird dieser Effekt vor allem durch Einkommensvergleiche mit anderen Menschen und mit der eigenen Vergangenheit erzeugt.
- Die Lebenszufriedenheit von Arbeitslosen ist deutlich geringer als die von Beschäftigten. Dies gilt selbst dann, wenn der Einkommensverlust der Arbeitslosen vollständig kompensiert würde. Auch die Arbeitslosigkeit anderer Menschen, Inflation und Umweltverschmutzung wirken sich negativ auf die Lebenszufriedenheit aus. Positive Effekte entstehen hingegen durch enge soziale Kontakte.
- Glück ist ein mehrdimensionales Konzept. Daher sollte die Wohlfahrtsmessung durch das Bruttoinlandsprodukt um andere objektive und subjektive Indikatoren der Lebensqualität und des Wohlbefindens ergänzt werden. Neben der Lebenszufriedenheit existieren noch andere Maße des Glücks, deren Bestimmungsfaktoren sich von denen der Lebenszufriedenheit unterscheiden können.
- Eine aus der Glücksforschung abgeleitete Rechtfertigung progressiver Einkommensteuern kann nicht bestätigt werden, da eine gesamtwirtschaftliche Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit bei gleichzeitiger Ausweitung der Freizeit, selbst bei hypothetischer Konstanz des individuellen Haushaltseinkommens, die durchschnittliche Lebenszufriedenheit nicht erhöht.
- Die Lebenszufriedenheitsforschung kann bei der Bestimmung einer optimalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik hilfreich sein. Bei dem gegenwärtigen Wissensstand ist es aber noch zu früh, gesicherte Empfehlungen für eine Abkehr von den mit den bekannten Methoden der Wirtschaftswissenschaft abgeleiteten Politikempfehlungen zu geben. -
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Maternal employment and happiness: the effect of non-participation and part-time employment on mothers' life satisfaction (2009)
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Berger, Eva M. (2009): Maternal employment and happiness. The effect of non-participation and part-time employment on mothers' life satisfaction. (DIW-Diskussionspapiere 890), Berlin, 32 S.
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"In contrast to unemployment, the effect of non-participation and parttime employment on subjective well-being has much less frequently been the subject of economists' investigations. In Germany, many women with dependent children are involuntarily out of the labor force or in part-time employment because of family constraints (e.g., due to lack of available and appropriate childcare). Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) Study, this paper analyzes the impact of involuntary familyrelated non-participation and part-time employment on mothers' life satisfaction. Controlling for unobserved individual fixed effects, I find that both the pecuniary effects (foregone earnings) and the non-pecuniary effects (psychological costs) are significantly negative. Compensating income variations reveal that the residual household income would have to be raised by 182 percent (157 percent/77 percent) in order to just offset the negative effect of not being able to work because of family constraints (of being in short/long part-time employment). Moreover, in terms of overall happiness among mothers, non-participation is revealed to be a more serious problem than unemployment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Lebensverläufe, Lebensbewältigung, Lebensglück: Ergebnisse der LifE-Studie (2009)
Fend, Helmut; Glaesser, Judith ; Lauterbach, Wolfgang ; Grob, Urs; Sandmeier Rupena, Anita; Erzinger, Andrea B.; Stuhlmann, Karin; Berger, Fred; Weil, Mareike; Georg, Werner; Bruggmann, Jean-Michel;Zitatform
Fend, Helmut, Fred Berger & Urs Grob (Hrsg.) (2009): Lebensverläufe, Lebensbewältigung, Lebensglück. Ergebnisse der LifE-Studie. Wiesbaden: VS, Verl. für Sozialwissenschaften, 482 S.
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"Wie bedeutsam ist die Lebensphase Jugend für die spätere Lebensbewältigung? Werden hier die sprichwörtlichen Weichen für den Lebensverlauf und das spätere Lebensglück gestellt oder ist sie nur eine 'Durchgangsphase' ohne nachhaltige Bedeutung? Das Buch befasst sich mit den zentralen Fragen der Prognose sowie der Stabilität und des Wandels menschlicher Entwicklung von der späten Kindheit bis ins frühe Erwachsenenalter. Es versucht, mit dem Blick nach vorne (Was ist aus den Jugendlichen geworden?) und dem Blick zurück (Wie sieht die Vorgeschichte der Erwachsenen aus?) die wichtigsten Entwicklungspfade beim Übergang ins Erwachsenenalter zu beschreiben und zu erklären. Vorgestellt werden zentrale Ergebnisse zur beruflichen, sozialen, kulturellen und gesundheitlichen Entwicklung von über 1500 Personen, die vom 12. bis zum 35. Lebensjahr im Rahmen der LifE-Studie (Lebensverläufe ins frühe Erwachsenenalter), einer der längsten prospektiven Entwicklungsstudien im deutschsprachigen Raum, untersucht wurden. Gemessen am überaus langen Zeitraum ergeben sich überraschende Hinweise auf die Relevanz und Vorhersagekraft von frühen Erfahrungen sowie die Stabilität von Orientierungen aus dem Jugendalter. Vor dem Hintergrund der sich verändernden Lebensumstände und Bedürfnisstrukturen beim Übergang ins Erwachsenenalter lassen sich aber auch eine eindrückliche Plastizität in der menschlichen Entwicklung und Vielfalt in den individuellen Lebensverläufen nachweisen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Happiness and age cycles - return to start...?: on the functional relationship between subjective well-being and age (2009)
Fischer, Justina A.V.;Zitatform
Fischer, Justina A.V. (2009): Happiness and age cycles - return to start...? On the functional relationship between subjective well-being and age. (OECD social, employment and migration working papers 99), Paris, 42 S. DOI:10.1787/220573570724
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"Previous happiness research has explicitly assumed that subjective well-being is U-shaped in age. This paper sheds new light on this issue testing several functional forms. Using micro data from the World Values Survey on 44 000 persons in 30 economically advanced OECD countries with long life expectancies, we reveal a hyperbolic functional form. We find that life satisfaction reaches another local maximum around the age of 83, with a level identical to that of a 26-year old. This hyperbolic well-beingage relation is robust to the inclusion of cohort effects. We test this relationship for each OECD country separately, and corroborate the functional form using a sample of non-OECD countries." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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What makes young adults happy?: employment and non-work as determinants of life satisfaction (2009)
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Khattab, Nabil & Steve Fenton (2009): What makes young adults happy? Employment and non-work as determinants of life satisfaction. In: Sociology, Jg. 43, H. 1, S. 11-26. DOI:10.1177/0038038508099095
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"Durkheim and subsequent commentators have argued for the'benign' influence of work and employment in modern life. Contemporary patterns of work and employment are thought to be fragmented and precarious and thus alienating and demoralizing - and this runs largely, but not wholly, counter to Durkheim's prognosis. If employment may be integrative or demoralizing, this raises the question of are employment factors key determinants of life satisfaction? 'We explore data on 1100 young adults to test the relationship between employment variables, non-employment variables and life satisfaction. Employment-related variables are significantly related to Life Satisfaction (LS) as are non-employment variables (social relations, home satisfaction). Crucially, the influence of all variables on LS is mediated by 'sense of life control', and patterns for young men and women differ significantly, suggesting divergent valuation of work and home. Regression models uncover, with some precision, direct and indirect relationships between independent variables and Life Satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Life satisfaction and relative income: perceptions and evidence (2009)
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Mayraz, Guy, Gert G. Wagner & Jürgen Schupp (2009): Life satisfaction and relative income. Perceptions and evidence. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 214), Berlin, 24 S.
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"Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a 2008 module of the German-Socio Economic Panel Study we ask subjects to report (a) how their income compares to various groups, such a co-workers, friends, and neighbours, and (b) how important these income comparisons are to them. We find substantial gender differences, with income comparisons being much better predictors of subjective well-being in men than in women. Generic (same-gender) comparisons are the most important, followed by within profession comparisons. Once generic and within-profession comparisons are controlled for, income relative to neighbours has a negative coeffcient, implying that living in a high-income neighbourhood increases happiness. The perceived importance of income comparisons is found to be uncorrelated with its actual relationship to subjective well-being, suggesting that people are unconscious of its real impact. Subjects who judge comparisons to be important are, however, significantly less happy than subjects who see income comparisons as unimportant. Finally, the marginal effect of relative income on subjective well-being does not depend on whether a subject is below or above the reference group income." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Income distribution and subjective happiness: a survey (2009)
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Senik, Claudia (2009): Income distribution and subjective happiness. A survey. (OECD social, employment and migration working papers 96), Paris, 25 S. DOI:10.1787/218860720683
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"This survey summarises the insights that the new literature based on subjective data has shed on the issue of income inequality and income comparisons. It reviews the various channels that relate income distribution and subjective well-being. It considers the welfare effect of income gaps in general, both in terms of the difference between individual income and the income of some relevant other, and with regard to generic income distribution. Concerning income comparisons, the general lesson is that it is useful to distinguish status effects from signal effects: income comparisons hurt, but they may also increase life satisfaction when they mean good news; this is all the more likely as the reference group is made of people who most likely share a common destiny. Concerning income distribution in general, the relationship with subjective well-being is generally found to be negative, with higher societal inequality being associated with lower subjective well-being. There are many possible pathways which may lie behind such an empirical finding. The first type of aversion to income inequality derives from self-centred motives, such as risk-aversion and prospects for upward mobility (POUM). Both stem from a perception of the income distribution as a ladder that one risks falling from or has a chance to climb. Attitudes to inequality are also sometimes found to be based on other-regarding preferences such as fairness and reciprocity, which are generally independent of the income position of the individual himself. An important point is that subjective attitudes are the joint output of preferences and beliefs concerning income distribution in society. The demand for redistribution is higher whenever people have strong preferences for equal outcomes or opportunities but believe that in the society in which they live, outcomes or opportunities are actually not equal. As illustrated by several studies, preferences and beliefs concerning income distribution are context dependent and are thus heterogeneous across countries and groups of the population." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Happiness and health: Well-being among the self-employed (2008)
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Andersson, Pernilla (2008): Happiness and health: Well-being among the self-employed. In: The Journal of Socio-Economics, Jg. 37, H. 1, S. 213-236. DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2007.03.003
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"Is well-being greater among the self-employed than among wage-earners? In order to investigate this question, data from the Swedish Level-of-Living Survey for the 2 years 1991 and 2000 are used and six indicators of well-being are considered: (1) job satisfaction, (2) life satisfaction, (3) whether the job is stressful, (4) whether the job is mentally straining, (5) mental health problems, and (6) poor general health. Six logit models are estimated and to handle the possible selection of more satisfied individuals and individuals more able to handle stress into self-employment, conditional fixed-effects logit models are estimated for each of the outcomes. We find that self-employment leads to an increase in job satisfaction. We also find a positive correlation between self-employment and life satisfaction. There is some evidence that self-employment leads to more mental health problems, and that the self-employed are less likely to perceive their job as mentally straining." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Absolute income, relative income, and happiness (2008)
Ball, Richard; Chernova, Kateryna;Zitatform
Ball, Richard & Kateryna Chernova (2008): Absolute income, relative income, and happiness. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 88, H. 3, S. 497-529. DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9217-0
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"This paper uses data from the World Values Survey to investigate how an individual's self-reported happiness is related to (i) the level of her income in absolute terms, and (ii) the level of her income relative to other people in her country. The main findings are that (i) both absolute and relative income are positively and significantly correlated with happiness, (ii) quantitatively, changes in relative income have much larger effects on happiness than do changes in absolute income, and (iii) the effects on happiness of both absolute and relative income are small when compared to the effects several non-pecuniary factors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Job satisfaction and family happiness: The part-time work puzzle (2008)
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Booth, Alison L. & Jan C. van Ours (2008): Job satisfaction and family happiness: The part-time work puzzle. In: The economic journal, Jg. 118, H. 526, S. F77-F99.
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"We investigate the relationship between part-time work and working hours satisfaction, job satisfaction and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men and women from the British Household Panel Survey. Men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how many hours they work. Women present a puzzle. Hours satisfaction and job satisfaction indicate that women prefer part-time jobs irrespective of whether these are small or large but their life satisfaction is virtually unaffected by hours of work." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Well-being and inequality (2008)
Böhnke, Petra;Zitatform
Böhnke, Petra (2008): Well-being and inequality. (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. Discussion papers SP 1 2008-201), Berlin, 51 S.
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"An objective and a subjective approach to study well-being is introduced. The objective approach is particularly useful to compare the quality of life of given societies across time and space. Using the objective approach, we can identify strong differences of quality of life between European countries. In comparison to Western Europe, East European countries tend to have a rather low quality of life. Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Belgium form a cluster of countries with high quality of life. The subjective approach to study well-being is useful for investigating the importance of dimensions of social inequality for people themselves. It is shown that most of the inequality dimensions traditionally analysed by social scientists affect people's subjective well-being. However, it is also shown that some of the more materialistic inequality dimensions (such as income) tend to be less important in rich societies, while certain non-materialistic dimensions (such as family) are getting more important. The subjective approach to study well-being is also used to investigate the importance of characteristics of societies for people's well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The science of subjective well-being (2008)
Eid, Michael ; Buss, David M.; Kalil, Ariel ; Biswas-Diener, Robert M.; King, Laura A.; Cacioppo, John T.; Klinger, Ryan; Diener McGavran, Mary Beth; Koo, Jayoung; Diener, Ed ; Koo, Minkyung; Emmons, Robert A.; Lucas, Richard E.; Fujita, Frank; McMahon, Darrin M.; Haybron, Daniel M.; Myers, David G.; Huebner, E. Scott; Oishi, Shigehiro ; Judge, Timothy; Pavot, William; Compton, Rebecca J.; Prizimic, Zvjezdana; Diener, Larrisa L.; Robinson, Michael D.; Hawkley, Louise C.; Schimmack, Ulrich ; Hughes, M. E.; Suh, Eunkook M.; Diener, Carol; Thisted, Ronald A.; Hill, Sarah E.; Waite, Linda; Fredrickson, Barbara L.; Larsen, Randy J.;Zitatform
Eid, Michael & Randy J. Larsen (Hrsg.) (2008): The science of subjective well-being. New York u.a.: Guilford Press, 546 S.
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"This authoritative volume reviews the breadth of current scientific knowledge on subjective well-being (SWB): its definition, causes and consequences, measurement, and practical applications that may help people become happier. Leading experts explore the connections between SWB and a range of intrapersonal and interpersonal phenomena, including personality, relationship satisfaction, wealth, cognitive processes, emotion regulation, religion, family life, school and work experiences, and culture. Interventions and practices that enhance SWB are examined, with attention to both their benefits and limitations. The concluding chapter from Ed Diener dispels common myths in the field and presents a thoughtful agenda for future research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)
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Subjective well-being and the duration of aggregate unemployment in Europe (2008)
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Ochsen, Carsten (2008): Subjective well-being and the duration of aggregate unemployment in Europe. (Thünen-series of applied economic theory. Working paper 97), Rostock, 19 S.
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"This study examines whether the distribution of aggregate unemployment by duration affects individual well-being. Two hypotheses are provided to explain how the shares of short-term (up to 3 months) and long-term (more than 1 year) unemployed people could affect the well-being of the employed and unemployed: The severity hypothesis and the flow hypothesis. Using data from almost 300,000 individuals from 11 EU countries, an ordered probit estimator is used to analyze the impact of the distribution of aggregate unemployment by duration on individual well-being. We find significant evidence in favor of both the severity and the flow hypotheses. Hence, the fear of losing (or not finding) a job is more detrimental when the prospect is to remain unemployed for a longer time. At some point, however, both the employed and unemployed adapt to unemployment at the macro level. Using an alternative specification that allows for a duration-specific risk of becoming/being unemployed, we arrive at similar conclusions. What seems to bother people is thus not just the risk of becoming/remaining unemployed, but more so the risk of being out of work for 4 to 12 months." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Income, working hours, and happiness (2008)
Pouwels, Babette; Vlasblom, Jan Dirk; Siegers, Jacques;Zitatform
Pouwels, Babette, Jacques Siegers & Jan Dirk Vlasblom (2008): Income, working hours, and happiness. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 99, H. 1, S. 72-74. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2007.05.032
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"In empirical analyses, the effect of income on happiness tends to be underestimated by ignoring the fact that income has to be earned. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, our analysis confirms this tendency. For men, the underestimation amounts to 25%." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Happiness quantified: a satisfaction calculus approach (2008)
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada;Zitatform
Praag, Bernard M. S. van & Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (2008): Happiness quantified. A satisfaction calculus approach. Oxford u.a.: Oxford University Press, 370 S.
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"Drawing on a range of surveys on people's satisfaction with their jobs, income, housing, marriages, and government policy, among other areas of life, this book shows how satisfaction with life 'as a whole' is an aggregate of these domain satisfactions. Using German, British, Dutch, and Russian data, the authors cover a wide range of topics. The book presents a new and fruitful methodology that constitutes a welcome addition to the social sciences. The paperback edition has been revised to bring the literature review up-to-date and the chapter on poverty has been revised and extended to take account of new research." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku)
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Happiness inequality in the United States (2008)
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin;Zitatform
Stevenson, Betsey & Justin Wolfers (2008): Happiness inequality in the United States. (NBER working paper 14220), Cambridge, Mass., 22 S., Anhang. DOI:10.3386/w14220
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"This paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s. There have been large changes in the level of happiness across groups: Two-thirds of the black-white happiness gap has been eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in happiness by education have widened substantially. We develop an integrated approach to measuring inequality and decomposing changes in the distribution of happiness, finding a pervasive decline in within-group inequality during the 1970s and 1980s that was experienced by even narrowly-defined demographic groups. Around one-third of this decline has subsequently been unwound. Juxtaposing these changes with large rises in income inequality suggests an important role for non-pecuniary factors in shaping the well-being distribution." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Income evaluation and happiness in the case of an income decline (2007)
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Antonides, Gerrit (2007): Income evaluation and happiness in the case of an income decline. In: Kyklos, Jg. 60, H. 4, S. 467-484.
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Im Mittelpunkt des Beitrags stehen Menschen, die Einkommenseinbußen hinnehmen mussten, ihre Bewertung des Einkommens und der Grad ihres Wohlbefindens in einer Reihe von Lebensbereichen. In der Studie wurden 800 Teilnehmer danach gefragt, ob sie angesichts sinkenden Einkommens nach Informationen gesucht haben und vorsogliche Maßnahmen ergriffen haben, um die Auswirkungen der Einkommenseinbußen abzumildern. Mittels einer Categorical-Principal-Components-Analyse werden zwei Verhaltens-Skalen entwickelt. Diese Skalen erklären die Bewertung des Einkommens und das Wohlbefinden in Abhängigkeit von Haushaltseinkommen, Familienstruktur und Ursachen der Einkommenseinbußen. Hieraus werden Vorschläge für das Finanzmanagement öffentlicher Haushalte gezogen. (IAB)
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Handbook on the economics of happiness (2007)
Bruni, Luigino ; Hirata, Johannes; Irwin, Julie R.; Gutierrez, Monica D.; Vivenza, Gloria; Bartolini, Stefano ; Porta, Pier Luigi; Bianchi, Marina; Jesus Garcia, Jose de; Cogoy, Mario; Karayiannis, Anastasios; Cremaschi, Sergio; Marzetti Dall' Aste Brandolini, Silva; Domenighetti, Gianfranco; Peiro, Amado; Filippini, Massimo; Pelligra, Vittorio; Grimalda, Gianluca ; Powdthavee, Nattavudh ; Guillen Royo, Monica; Pugno, Maurizio ; Becchetti, Leonardo ; Raghunathan, Rajagopal; Cox, Donald; Sacconi, Lorenzo; Drakopoulos, Stravos; Salvador, A. Borrego; Guidi, Marco E. L.; Santor, Marika; Chekola, Mark; Scazzieri, Roberto; Fuentes, Nicole Christa; Stark, Oded ; Crivelli, Luca; Tapia, Alejandro; Zarri, Luca ; Vendrik, Maarten;Zitatform
Hirata, Johannes, Julie R. Irwin, Monica D. Gutierrez, Gloria Vivenza, Stefano Bartolini, Marina Bianchi, Jose de Jesus Garcia, Mario Cogoy, Anastasios Karayiannis, Sergio Cremaschi, Silva Marzetti Dall' Aste Brandolini, Gianfranco Domenighetti, Amado Peiro, Massimo Filippini, Vittorio Pelligra, Gianluca Grimalda, Nattavudh Powdthavee, Monica Guillen Royo, Maurizio Pugno, Leonardo Becchetti, Rajagopal Raghunathan, Donald Cox, Lorenzo Sacconi, Stravos Drakopoulos, A. Borrego Salvador, Marco E. L. Guidi, Marika Santor, Mark Chekola, Roberto Scazzieri, Nicole Christa Fuentes, Oded Stark, Luca Crivelli, Alejandro Tapia, Luca Zarri & Maarten Vendrik (2007): Handbook on the economics of happiness. (Elgar original reference), Cheltenham u.a.: Elgar, 596 S.
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"This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews the more recent literature and offers the interested reader an insight into the vast scope of the field in terms of the theory, its applications and also experimental design. The Handbook also gives substantial indications as to the future direction of research in the field, with particular regard to policy applications and developing an economics of interpersonal relations which includes reciprocity and social interaction theory. Reflecting the contribution of a major research activity an the study of happiness, economics and interpersonal relations, this book will be of great interest to economists and psychologists in general, as well as welfare economists and postgraduate scholars of cooperation, welfare, social planning, non-profit, corporate social responsibility and related fields." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)
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Determinanten des Glücks: Lebenszufriedenheit in Europa (2007)
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Böhnke, Petra & Ulrich Kohler (2007): Determinanten des Glücks: Lebenszufriedenheit in Europa. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 60, H. 7, S. 373-379. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2007-7-373
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"Im Mittelpunkt des Beitrags steht das subjektive Wohlbefinden der Europäer als zentrale Dimension von Lebensqualität. Wie zufrieden sind Europäer mit ihrem Leben im Allgemeinen? Was bestimmt das Ausmaß an Lebenszufriedenheit in verschiedenen Ländern? Von Interesse ist zum einen der Einfluss sozialer Ungleichheit in Form von Einkommen, Bildung, Arbeitsmarktposition, Gesundheit und sozialen Beziehungen. Zum anderen werden gesellschaftspolitische Rahmenbedingungen als Kontextfaktoren untersucht, um die Variation von Lebenszufriedenheit in der europäischen Union zu erklären. Es zeigt sich, dass das Ausmaß der Lebenszufriedenheit die heterogenen Lebensverhältnisse in der erweiterten EU widerspiegelt. Doch die individuelle Position im Wohlstandgefüge eines Landes reicht nicht aus, um Lebenszufriedenheit zu erklären. Lebenszufriedenheit wird nicht nur von individuellen Lebensumständen geprägt, sondern auch vom Wohlfahrtsniveau und der Qualität der Gesellschaft: Soziales Kapital, soziale Rechte, Vertrauen in Demokratie und Sozialschutzsysteme bestimmen maßgeblich die individuelle Lebensqualität." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Income and happiness across Europe: do reference values matter? (2007)
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Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Yannis Georgellis, Nicholas Tsitsianis & Ya Ping Yin (2007): Income and happiness across Europe. Do reference values matter? (CESifo working paper 2146), München, 33 S.
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"Using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), we examine the link between income and subjective well-being. We find that, for the whole sample of nineteen European countries, although income is positively correlated with both happiness and life satisfaction, reference income exerts a negative effect on individual well-being, a result consistent with the relative utility hypothesis. Performing separate analyses for some Eastern European countries, we also find some evidence of a 'tunnel effect', in that reference income has a positive impact on subjective well-being. Our findings support the view that in environments with stable income and employment, reference income serves as a basis for social comparisons, whereas in relatively volatile environments, it is used as a source of information for forming expectations about future status." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Evolutionary efficiency and happiness (2007)
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Rayo, Luis & Gary S. Becker (2007): Evolutionary efficiency and happiness. In: Journal of Political Economy, Jg. 115, H. 2, S. 302-337.
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"We model happiness as a measurement tool used to rank alternative actions. Evolution favors a happiness function that measures the individual's success in relative terms. The optimal function is based on a time-varying reference point-or performance benchmark-that is updated over time in a statistically optimal way in order to match the individual's potential. Habits and peer comparisons arise as special cases of such an updating process. This updating also results in a volatile level of happiness that continuously reverts to its long-term mean. Throughout, we draw a parallel with a problem of optimal incentives, which allows us to apply statistical insights from agency theory to the study of happiness." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Jugendarbeitslosigkeit und psychisches Wohlbefinden (2007)
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Schels, Brigitte (2007): Jugendarbeitslosigkeit und psychisches Wohlbefinden. (IAB-Forschungsbericht 13/2007), Nürnberg, 51 S.
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"Der Beitrag betrachtet das psychische Wohlbefinden und die Erwerbssituation junger Menschen von 15 bis 24 Jahren in Deutschland, die bereits einmal arbeitslos waren. Im Fokus stehen die Auswirkungen von Arbeitslosigkeit im Zusammenhang mit der finanziellen Situation. Obwohl es bereits mehrere Studien in anderen Ländern zur Arbeitslosigkeit Jüngerer und ihrem psychischen Wohlbefinden gibt, wurde dies in Deutschland bislang selten thematisiert. Datenbasis der Untersuchung ist die deutsche Teilstichprobe der europäischen Vergleichsstudie 'Übergänge aus Jugendarbeitslosigkeit'. Die befragten Jugendlichen waren im Jahr 1998 für mindestens 90 Tage arbeitslos registriert und wurden zu zwei Zeitpunkten befragt. Auf dieser Grundlage betrachtet der Beitrag zum einen den Einfluss der aktuellen Lebenslage auf das psychische Wohlbefinden und zum anderen die Zusammenhänge zwischen dem weiteren Erwerbsverlauf der Jugendlichen und der Veränderung ihres psychischen Wohlbefindens. Wie sich zeigt, sind ein erfolgreicher Einstieg in das Erwerbsleben und eine zufriedenstellende finanzielle Situation zentral für das psychische Wohlbefinden der Jugendlichen. Erwerbstätigkeit hat allerdings für junge Frauen eine andere Bedeutung als für junge Männer: Während für die jungen Frauen der Einkommenserwerb im Vordergrund steht, steigt das Wohlbefinden der jungen Männer mit Aufnahme einer Erwerbstätigkeit unabhängig von finanziellen Faktoren. Dies verweist auf die konstitutive Rolle der Erwerbsarbeit auch jenseits finanzieller Aspekte für ein gelungenes Erwachsenwerden der Männer." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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How much happiness is there in the world?: a cross-country study (2006)
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Borooah, Vani K. (2006): How much happiness is there in the world? A cross-country study. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 13, H. 8, S. 483-488. DOI:10.1080/13504850500400652
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"This paper complements the burgeoning literature on country-specific studies of happiness by taking a global look at happiness and its determinants. In so doing, it makes two contributions. First, it presents indicators of happiness that are 'equity adjusted' and compares their values to those of unadjusted indicators. This comparison shows that countries with the lowest mean happiness scores have their unhappiness compounded when these means are adjusted to take account of the glaring inequality in their inter-personal distribution of happiness. Second, using data on nearly 113 000 respondents, drawn from 80 countries, it shows that people everywhere want broadly the same things in order to be happy: faith in a deity; a decent standard of living; a job; a good family and social life; a good neighbourhood in which to live; and, above all, good health." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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A note on unhappiness and unemployment duration (2006)
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Clark, Andrew E. (2006): A note on unhappiness and unemployment duration. (IZA discussion paper 2406), Bonn, 28 S.
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"Although it is now widely-accepted that unemployment is associated with sharply lower levels of individual well-being, relatively little is known about how this effect depends on unemployment duration. Data from three large-scale European panels is used to shed light on this issue; these data allow us to distinguish habituation to unemployment from sample selection. The panel results show little evidence of habituation to unemployment in Europe in the 1990's." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Life cycle happiness and its sources intersections of psychology, economics, and demography (2006)
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Easterlin, Richard A. (2006): Life cycle happiness and its sources intersections of psychology, economics, and demography. In: Journal of economic psychology, Jg. 27, H. 4, S. 463-482.
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"In the United States happiness rises slightly, on average, from ages 18 to midlife, and declines slowly thereafter. This pattern for the total population is the net result of disparate trends in the satisfaction people get from various life domains: their financial situation, family life, health, and work. The slight rise in happiness through midlife is due chiefly to growing satisfaction with one's family life and work, which together more than offset decreasing satisfaction with health. Beyond midlife, happiness edges downward as a continuing decline in satisfaction with health is joined by diminishing satisfaction with one's family situation and work; these negative trends are offset considerably, however, by a sizeable upturn in later life in people's satisfaction with their financial situation. These findings come from an analysis of the United States General Social Surveys, using the demographer's synthetic panel technique. They support neither the mainstream economics view that well-being depends only on one's objective conditions nor the psychologists' strong setpoint model in which adaptation to such conditions is rapid and complete. They are consistent with a 'bottom up' model in which happiness is the net outcome of both objective and subjective factors in various life domains." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Objektive regionale Lebensqualität und subjektives Wohlbefinden: was macht Bürgerinnen und Bürger zufrieden? (2006)
Kawka, Rupert; Sturm, Gabriele;Zitatform
Kawka, Rupert & Gabriele Sturm (2006): Objektive regionale Lebensqualität und subjektives Wohlbefinden. Was macht Bürgerinnen und Bürger zufrieden? In: Informationen zur Raumentwicklung H. 6/7, S. 309-316 u. 979.
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"Der Artikel geht der Frage nach, welchen Stellenwert das aus dem Grundgesetz abgeleitete Ziel der Gleichwertigkeit der Lebensverhältnisse in allen Teilräumen der Bundesrepublik in der Raumordnung und der sie gestaltenden Politik gehabt hat und weiterhin hat. Er wirft des weiteren die Frage auf, ob Gleichwertigkeit angesichts der neuen Rahmenbedingungen noch als ein ubiquitär zu verfolgendes Ziel zu sehen ist oder ob es nicht eher im Sinne einer Gewährung von gleichen Chance für den Einzelnen gesehen werden muss, jenseits und unabhängig von einer möglichen, räumlich ubiquitär zu verordneten Umsetzung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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The happiness gains from sorting and matching in the labor market (2006)
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Luechinger, Simon, Alois Stutzer & Rainer Winkelmann (2006): The happiness gains from sorting and matching in the labor market. (IZA discussion paper 2019), Bonn, 35 S.
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"Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two-equation ordered probit model with endogenous switching and study self-selection into government and private sector jobs. We find considerable gains from matching amounting to an increase in the fraction of very satisfied workers from 53.8 to 58.8 percent relative to a hypothetical random allocation of workers to the two sectors." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Happiness, satisfaction and socio-economic conditions: some international evidence (2006)
Peiro, Amado;Zitatform
Peiro, Amado (2006): Happiness, satisfaction and socio-economic conditions. Some international evidence. In: The Journal of Socio-Economics, Jg. 35, H. 2, S. 348-365. DOI:10.1016/j.socec.2005.11.042
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"The paper examines the relationships between socio-economic conditions and happiness or satisfaction of individuals in 15 countries. In agreement with earlier studies, age, health and marital status are strongly associated with happiness and satisfaction. In seeming contrast with other studies, unemployment does not appear to be associated with happiness, although it is clearly associated with satisfaction. Income is also strongly associated with satisfaction, but its association with happiness is weaker. These results point to happiness and satisfaction as two distinct spheres of well-being. While the first would be relatively independent of economic factors, the second would be strongly dependent." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being (2004)
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Stutzer, Alois & Rafael Lalive (2004): The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being. In: Journal of the European Economic Association, Jg. 2, H. 4, S. 696-719. DOI:10.1162/1542476041423331
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"Social norms are usually neglected in economics because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, the authors offer a direct measure of the social norm to live off one's own income and they show that this norm has important economic effects. The stronger the norm, the more quickly unemployed people find a new job. This behavior can be explained by utility differences, probably due to social pressure. Unemployed people are significantly less happy than employed people and their reduction in life satisfaction is the larger, the stronger the norm is." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))