“...Psychologists and sociologists usually interpret happiness scores as cardinal and comparable across respondents, and thus run OLS regressions on happiness and...”

“...People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This paper investigates whether these gains...”

“...This book deals with satisfaction analysis, the way humans evaluate many aspects of their situation. It focuses on that which precedes decision taking, i.e.,...”

“...This book deals with satisfaction analysis, that is, the way humans evaluate many aspects of their situation. It focuses on that which precedes decision taking...”

“...CONTEXT. The number of parents who care for a chronically ill child is increasing. Because of advances in medical care, parental caring tasks are changing. A...”

“...From the stated price of a specified lottery in three unrelated surveys we deduce individuals' Arrow-Pratt measure of risk aversion. We find that risk aversion...”

“...This paper examines the relationship between working in the formal or informal sector and self-reported individual financial satisfaction in a country in...”

“...We replicate Shaw (J Labor Econ 14(4):626-653, 1996) who found that individual wage growth is higher for individuals with greater preference for risk taking...”

“...This paper presents an econometric study dealing with household demand for energy in the Netherlands. The main objective of the paper is to present an...”

“...Recently, much attention has been given to the notion of 'sustainable consumption'. Whereas environmental economics traditionally has focused environmental...”