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Subjective Measures of Economic Well-Being and the Influence of Income Uncertainty
No full textThis 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.income uncertainty, subjective well-being, satisfaction, income evaluation
The Connexion Between Old and New Approaches to Financial Satisfaction
No full textIn this paper we compare the new satisfaction evaluation approach, developed in the nineties by Oswald, Clark, Blanchflower and others with the older income evaluation (IEQ) approach, developed by Van Praag and Kapteyn in the seventies of the previous century. We find that both approaches yield strikingly similar results with respect to financial satisfaction. The IEQ-approach yields additional insights, but it is not well applicable to other life domains than finance. It is argued that the usual Probit specification implies a specific cardinalization and, consequently, is less ordinal than usually thought. It is shown that the Probit-approach may be replaced by three other equivalent specifications that have some computational and intuitive advantages.financial satisfaction, income evaluation, Probit-models, cardinal utility
Well-being Inequality and Reference Groups: An Agenda for New Research
No full textIn this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals belonging to his reference group. The vast literature about happiness, quality of life, and well-being informs us extensively about the effects of objective variables. How the second type affects well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined without taking the referencing process into account. The reference effect depends on how frequently individuals compare with others and on the degree of social transparency in society. We attempt to give a structural embedding of the idea of reference groups in SWB-models. In this paper we employ the reference-extended model for incorporating in happiness studies the concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up a new additional agenda for empirical research in order to get quantified knowledge about the referencing process. As a first step we suggest a new question module to be included in new survey questionnaires.subjective well-being, happiness, inequality, reference group
Beloon wetenschap vertalen naar praktijk
No full textDe vaak gesuggereerde tegenstelling tussen fundamenteel en toegepast onderzoek is vals, stellen Mirjam van Praag, Camiel Selker en Paul Tang. Maar de prikkel van 'publish or perish' is te eenzijdig. Daarom moet de maatschappelijke betekenis van onderzoek een sterkere factor worden bij de toekenning van onderzoeksgelden. En onderzoeksinstellingen moeten wetenschappers motiveren meer in teams te werken
Beloon wetenschap vertalen naar praktijk
No full textDe vaak gesuggereerde tegenstelling tussen fundamenteel en toegepast onderzoek is vals, stellen Mirjam van Praag, Camiel Selker en Paul Tang. Maar de prikkel van 'publish or perish' is te eenzijdig. Daarom moet de maatschappelijke betekenis van onderzoek een sterkere factor worden bij de toekenning van onderzoeksgelden. En onderzoeksinstellingen moeten wetenschappers motiveren meer in teams te werken
Beloon wetenschap vertalen naar praktijk
No full textDe vaak gesuggereerde tegenstelling tussen fundamenteel en toegepast onderzoek is vals, stellen Mirjam van Praag, Camiel Selker en Paul Tang. Maar de prikkel van 'publish or perish' is te eenzijdig. Daarom moet de maatschappelijke betekenis van onderzoek een sterkere factor worden bij de toekenning van onderzoeksgelden. En onderzoeksinstellingen moeten wetenschappers motiveren meer in teams te werken
R. Penninx, J. Schorl, C Van Praag. The Impact of International Migration on Receiving Countries : The Case of the Netherlands
No full textMahnig Hans. R. Penninx, J. Schorl, C Van Praag. The Impact of International Migration on Receiving Countries : The Case of the Netherlands. In: Revue européenne des migrations internationales, vol. 10, n°1,1994. Mobilisations des migrants en Europe. Du national au transversal. pp. 202-203
GPD enquête - De staat van het land 2002
No full textThis round of GPD surveys (GPD = Geassocieerde Pers Diensten = Associated Press Services ), a voluntary reply regional newspaper survey, was held in fall 2001 and covers various topics like lifesituation, work and unemployment, housing, environment, time-spending, income and spending, health and political and social opinions. Themes: children, child care and work, career possibilities / Payed employment: duration, vacation, ADV, commuting (distance), future expectations regarding unemployment/ Unemployed: duration, pre-unemployment situation, future expectations regarding getting a job, job seeking activities and methods, reasons for non-activity/ Housing situation: age of house, type of house, it's value, choice of location, ownership, expenses, rent, subsidized, size, quality, isolation, garden, balcony, urbanization / Living environment: annoyances, available facilities and services, safety, victimization, satisfaction with neighbourhood, social contacts / time budget / detailed data on spending and income, social benefits, debts, job career, flexible working, extra training, pension, evaluation of level of income / Satisfaction / physical situation, health, complaints / family conflicts / freedom, permissiveness / moral standards, values, acquaintance with people breaking laws, punishnment / Politics: voting behaviour, vote intention, memberships labour union / important issues in life / religion / church attendance / place of birth / social contacts with allochtoneous people / satisfaction with national and local institutions and policies / evaluation of political leaders / opinion on multi-cultural society, immigrants, ethnic minorities, integration, international situation, terrorist attacks in US, Islam / lottery, gambling behaviour / life satisfaction in general. Other background variables include(often both respondent and partner): sex, age, family composition, number of children, education, occupational status, weight, size, handicaps, smoking, drinking, use of drugs
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