Can the Large Swings in Russian Life Satisfaction be Explained by Ups and Downs in Real Incomes

By P. Frijters, Ingo Geishecker, John P. Haisken-DeNew, Michael A. Shields. 2006

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Health, Social Psychology

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Working Time Mismatch and Subjective Well-being (2009, unknown): “…and Francesconi 2004; Blanchflower and Oswald 1998; Clark 1996; D’Addio et al. 2007; Heywood et al. 2002; Vieira et al. 2005; Wooden and Warren 2005) and life satisfaction (e.g., Bardasi and Francesconi 2004; Carroll 2007; Clark et al. 2001; Di Tella et al. 2003; Frijters et al. 2004, 2006).”
Valuing scenic amenity using life satisfaction data (2011, background): “…is possible however for idiosyncratic effects, such as those caused by personality traits, to be controlled for if the same individuals are resurveyed over time, that is, if they are taken to be timeinvariant (Ferrer-i-Carbonell and Frijters, 2004; Frijters et al., 2006; Frijters et al., 2004a, b).”
Income and happiness: Evidence, explanations and economic implications (2006, background): “Frijters et al. (2004a) show large life satisfaction gains in East Germany from increased real incomes in the decade following Reunification, while Frijters et al. (2006) calculate that the large swings in life satisfaction observed in post-transition Russia can be partially explained by variations…”
Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism (2009, unknown): “Frijters and his collaborators find life satisfaction rising along with income in East Germany from 1991 to 2001 (Frijters et al. 2004ab) and also varying directly with ups and downs in income in Russia between 1995 and 2001 (Frijters et al. 2006).”
Keep it simple: estimation strategies for ordered response models with fixed effects (2014, background): “[10,11], Knabe and Rätzel [18], Clark et al.”
Is it Pleasure or Health from Leisure that We Benefit from Most? An Analysis of Well-Being Alternatives and Implications for Policy (2016, background): “Finally, papers have also examined environmental influences on well-being such as civil conflict (Welsch, 2008), German reunification (Frijters et al 2004), Russian economic transition (Frijters et al 2006) and drought (Carroll et al 2009).”
Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles (2008, unknown): “Further, a number of these studies have been able to utilise exogenous variations in income to establish more firmly the causal effect of income on happiness (e.g. Gardner and Oswald, 2007; Frijters et al., 2004a, 2004b, 2006).”
Life Goals and Well-Being: Are Extrinsic Aspirations Always Detrimental to Well-Being? (2009, unknown): “Studies show that life satisfaction was rising along with income in East Germany, Russia and Hungary (Frijters et al., 2004; Frijters et al., 2006; Lelkes, 2006).”