Essays about: "Happiness economics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Happiness economics.

1. 1. Navigating the Happiness Economics Landscape: Mapping the Influences on Life Satisfaction and Possible Interventions

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Klendeta Bivolaku; Linn Hellqvist; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Happiness Economics; Personality traits; Life satisfaction; World Bank’s STEP survey; WVS; Double-lasso; Forward selection;

   Abstract : This study explores factors that influence subjective well-being in low- and middle-income countries by analysing unique individual- and country-level data. The study focuses on several unexplored determinants including personality traits, economic shocks and cultural differences. READ MORE

3. 2. The Correlation Between CO2 Emissions and GDP in Bhutan - A Threat to Carbon Neutrality?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Wollnert; [2023]
   Keywords : Bhutan; Gross Domestic Product GDP ; Carbon dioxide CO2 emissions; Carbon Neutrality; Environmental Kuznets Curve EKC ; The Decoupling Theory; Green Growth; Degrowth; Gross National Happiness GNH ; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The nexus between environmental degradation and economic growth is becoming of greater importance globally and in order to limit global warming at an increase of 1.5 ° C there needs to be a net zero-transition towards carbon neutrality. READ MORE

4. 3. Retiring from Happiness? Analysis of retirement and mental health using SHARE data

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Bardh Manxhuka; Ea Dumancic; [2023]
   Keywords : retirement; mental health; SHARE; fixed effects; IV; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : We utilize data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) 1 to investigate the impact of retirement on mental health in a multi-country setting. To deal with endogeneity in retirement behaviour, we employ an individual-fixed effects IV strategy where pension eligibility thresholds at which financial incentives to retire are exploited to predict retirement behaviour. READ MORE

5. 4. Inflation, Unemployment, and Happiness: Misery Index Weights in Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jón Sjúrður Pálsson Arge; [2022]
   Keywords : happiness economics; inflation; unemployment; misery index; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper uses micro- and macrolevel data to examine the effects of unemployment and inflation on subjective happiness in Europe. Using data on subjective happiness from the most recent survey waves of the European Social Survey (2004-2018), we find negative coefficients for both unemployment and inflation. READ MORE

6. 5. The Negative Externality of Peer Group Income: Evidence from Three Developed Economies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jón Sjúrður Pálsson Arge; [2021]
   Keywords : happiness economics; social comparison; peer group income; Easterlin Paradox; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the effect of peer group household income on happiness in three developed economies: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, where we define peer groups by age, gender, and education. Using the most recent panel waves from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we find comparable results from all three countries, namely a negative coefficient of peer group household income that is statistically not different in absolute magnitude from the coefficient of the respondent’s own household income. READ MORE