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September 21, 2022

Four IZA network members among the Citation Laureates for 2022

Pioneering contributions to happiness economics and political economy

  • citation record
  • happiness
  • political economy
  • prize
  • well-being
Research

July 25, 2022

Children benefit from longer parental leave

Study from Denmark shows positive effects on socio-emotional skills and well-being

  • adolescence
  • early childhood
  • parental leave
  • personality
  • skill formation
  • socio-emotional skills
  • well-being
  • Cecilie Marie Løchte Jørgensen
  • Ida Lykke Kristiansen
  • Mikkel Aagaard Houmark
  • Miriam Gensowski
Research

January 24, 2022

How people’s feelings evolved during the pandemic

Analysis of Twitter data provides insights on the impact of COVID-19 on well-being in Europe

  • COVID-19
  • Europe
  • sentiment
  • twitter
  • well-being
  • Chiara Peroni
  • Francesco Sarracino
  • Kelsey J. O'Connor
  • Stephanié Rossouw
  • Talita Greyling
Research

September 24, 2021

It hurts to be economically insecure

Chronic pain rises during recessions, but not among the jobless

  • boom
  • health
  • pain
  • recession
  • unemployment
  • well-being
  • Andrew J. Oswald
  • Lucía Macchia
Research

April 22, 2021

Happy power couples?

Working in the same occupation or industry as your partner increases satisfaction with life, work and income

  • assortative matching
  • career
  • copreneurs
  • gender
  • relationship
  • well-being
  • work-life balance
  • work-linked couples
  • Clemens Hetschko
  • Juliane Hennecke
Research

January 30, 2020

Extensive social media use hurts teenagers’ mental health

Moderate daily use has positive effects on peer relationships

  • mental health
  • peer pressure
  • social media
  • teenagers
  • well-being
  • Oleg Yerokhin
  • Paul McNamee
  • Silvia Mendolia
Research

June 25, 2019

Expansion of paid parental leave may work against intended goals

Study from France analyzes the effects on household specialization and children's well-being

  • family
  • gender gap
  • household
  • maternity
  • parental leave
  • paternity
  • well-being
  • Serena Canaan
Research

July 19, 2018

Global terrorism decreases well-being and shifts political attitudes rightwards

Analysis using data on 70,000 terror events worldwide

  • global terror
  • life satisfaction
  • media
  • psychology
  • terrorism
  • well-being
  • Ahmed Elsayed
  • Alpaslan Akay
  • Olivier Bargain
Research

May 30, 2018

Informal care givers pay a high price in well-being

New study monetarizes the well-being losses from providing informal care to family members.

  • caregiving
  • disability
  • elderly
  • family
  • informal care
  • shadow price
  • UK
  • valuation
  • well-being
  • Nattavudh Powdthavee
  • Rebecca McDonald
Research

September 22, 2017

Equality of opportunity – for what?

By Daniel Mahler and Xavi Ramos The notion that individuals ought to have equal opportunities in life is popular among […]

  • education
  • equality
  • income
  • life satisfaction
  • opportunity
  • well-being
  • Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi
  • Daniel Mahler
  • Dirk Neumann
  • Frances Stewart
  • Francisco H. G. Ferreira
  • Koen Decanq
  • Ruhi Saith
  • Vito Peragine
  • Xavi Ramos
Research

April 7, 2017

Mental health affects employment outcomes – and vice versa

Depression, which is the focus of this year’s World Health Day, is also an important topic for labor economists as […]

  • depression
  • employment outcomes
  • gender
  • mental health
  • unemployment
  • well-being
  • David C. Ribar
  • Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
  • Melisa Bubonya
  • Richard Layard
Research

October 28, 2015

Implications of human dignity for international development theory and practice

In her contribution to the second international Human Dignity and Human Development Conference hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s […]

  • Development
  • dignity
  • happiness
  • well-being
  • Milena Nikolova
Research

September 10, 2015

What is the cost of falling victim to violent crime?

Violent crimes, be it physical and sexual assault, robbery or homicide, unfortunately are still common in any society. From an […]

  • compensation
  • economic impact
  • homicide
  • income
  • life satisfaction
  • robbery
  • sexual assault
  • victimization
  • well-being
  • Agne Suziedelyte
  • David W. Johnston
  • Michael A. Shields
Research

June 11, 2015

Why labor market policies should be guided by happiness

Happiness should be a guiding factor in the governance of labor markets, argues Jo Ritzen in his most recent IZA […]

  • employment
  • employment protection
  • happiness
  • labor market policy
  • permanent contracts
  • temporary contracts
  • unemployment
  • well-being
  • Artjom Ivlevs
  • Carol Graham
  • Jo Ritzen
  • Rainer Winkelmann
Research

December 16, 2014

Should you come out in the workplace and would your employer care?

According to a report by Nick Drydakis published by IZA World of Labor today, half of gay and lesbian employees […]

  • discrimination
  • gay
  • happiness
  • harassment
  • IZA World of Labor
  • lesbian
  • satisfaction
  • sexual orientation
  • UK
  • well-being
  • workplace
  • Nick Drydakis
Research

October 23, 2014

Can migration boost incomes, happiness and freedom satisfaction?

By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova The recent economic crisis and the subsequent lagging economic recovery renewed the immigration debate […]

  • freedom satisfaction
  • happiness
  • incomes
  • international borders
  • life quality
  • life satisfaction
  • migration
  • productivity
  • public health
  • well-being
  • Carol Graham
  • Milena Nikolova
Research

October 10, 2014

Why aging and working makes us happy – in four charts

By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova In the past few years, economists and other social scientists have made great strides […]

  • age
  • employment status
  • happiness
  • health
  • income
  • late-life-work
  • long-term unemployment
  • married
  • partnership
  • socio-demographic factors
  • under-employment
  • well-being
  • Carol Graham
  • Milena Nikolova
Research

November 13, 2013

What predicts a successful life?

How much of adult well-being is determined by childhood influences? The answer to this question is very important to policy-makers […]

  • children
  • educational policy
  • family policy
  • happiness
  • income
  • life satisfaction
  • well-being
  • Andrew E. Clark
  • Francesca Cornaglia
  • James Vernoit
  • Nattavudh Powdthavee
  • Richard Layard

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