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Subjective measures of economic well-being and the influence of income uncertainty

This paper provides evidence that subjective measures of individual well being can be used to study the impact of income uncertainty from an ex ante point of view. Two different measures of subjective well being are under study: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction with income is more affected by ex ante than by ex post volatility of income. The ordinal version of the Van Praag approach might be biased if income uncertainty is essential. The paper was written in 1994.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3720

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Thema
Income uncertainty
subjective well-being
satisfaction
income evaluation
Lebensstandard
Lebenszufriedenheit
Lebensqualität
Einkommen
Risiko
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Schwarze, Johannes
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2008

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081014223
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Schwarze, Johannes
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2008

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