scholarly journals Income Comparison, Income Formation, and Subjective Well-Being: New Evidence on Envy versus Signaling

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Welsch ◽  
Jan Kühling
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Comparison Income ◽  
New Evidence

Do National Service Programs Improve Subjective Well-Being in Communities?

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristopher Velasco ◽  
Pamela Paxton ◽  
Robert W. Ressler ◽  
Inbar Weiss ◽  
Lilla Pivnick
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Change Score ◽  
National Service ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Community Effects ◽  
Service Programs ◽  
Open Question ◽  
New Evidence

Since the creation of Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) in 1964 and AmeriCorps in 1993, a stated goal of national service programs has been to strengthen the overall health of communities across the United States. But whether national service programs have such community effects remains an open question. Using longitudinal cross-lagged panel and change-score models from 2005 to 2013, this study explores whether communities with national service programs exhibit greater subjective well-being. We use novel measures of subjective well-being derived from tweeted expressions of emotions, engagement, and relationships in 1,347 U.S. counties. Results show that national service programs improve subjective well-being primarily by mitigating threats to well-being and communities that exhibit more engagement are better able to attract national service programs. Although limited in size, these persistent effects are robust to multiple threats to inference and provide important new evidence on how national service improves communities in the United States.

Absolute income, comparison income and subjective well-being in a transitional country: Panel evidence from Vietnamese household surveys

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binh Thanh La ◽  
Steven Lim ◽  
Michael Cameron ◽  
Tuyen Quang Tran ◽  
Minh Thi Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Household Surveys ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Comparison Income ◽  
Absolute Income ◽  
Transitional Country

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being and Aversion to Macroeconomic Losses: New Evidence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Patiño ◽  
Francisco Gómez-García ◽  
Alejandro Marín-Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals Subjective Well-Being and Job Types: New Evidence From China

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Meng Yan ◽  
Kai Shi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Ordered Probit ◽  
Ordered Probit Model ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract Research purpose. The job types might be potential determinants of subjective well-being (SWB), which is seldom investigated in the current literature. This article examines this relationship by collecting data from the Chinese Household Income Project in 2013 to explore this relationship. Approach. In line with existing studies on SWB, we apply the ordered probit model and further estimate the effects of different job types on SWB. Findings. This article demonstrates that individuals employed by Sino-foreign joint enterprises tend to have the lowest SWB. On the contrary, those employed by the public sector and private enterprises are more likely to acquire higher satisfaction. Practical implications. To conclude, job types are closely linked with SWB and job types should be incorporated as a crucial factor when further analysing the SWB.

scholarly journals Energy poverty and subjective well-being in China: New evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 105548
Author(s):  
Peng Nie ◽  
Qiaoge Li ◽  
Alfonso Sousa-Poza
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Panel Studies ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals Energy Poverty and Subjective Well-Being in China: New Evidence from the China Family Panel Studies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Nie ◽  
Qiaoge Li ◽  
Alfonso Sousa-Poza
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Energy Poverty ◽  
Panel Studies ◽  
New Evidence

scholarly journals The Best Years of Older Europeans’ Lives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Begoña Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Logit Model ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Well Being ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Life Cycle Pattern ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Older Europeans

AbstractThis paper offers new evidence on the life-cycle pattern of happiness. A novelty of the analysis is that it exploits information on the period individuals recall as the happiest in their lives. Data come from SHARELIFE 2008/09, a retrospective life survey conducted in 13 European countries among individuals aged 50 or more. Using this information, I build a longitudinal data set that extends across the whole lifespan of respondents. The probability of living a happiest year in life at each age is estimated through a conditional fixed effects logit model. Results show that the likelihood of living the happiest period in life exhibits a concave relationship with age, with a turning point at about 30–34 years and a decreasing trend from that point onward. Retrospectively, midlife is not perceived as the least likely happiest period in life. These patterns persist even after controlling for usual correlates of subjective well-being, and they are rather stable across cohorts and genders despite presenting certain variability across European countries.

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