Well-being over time in Britain and the USA
Well-being over time in Britain and the USA
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DOI：
10.1016/s0047-2727(02)00168-8
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Oswald, AJ
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作者：
Blanchflower, DG;Oswald, AJ
这篇论文研究了美国和英国的幸福感。在美国，报告的幸福水平在世纪的最后四分之一里有所下降;在英国，生活满意度在整个时间里几乎持平。这些发现与伊斯特林假说一致[经济增长中的国家和家庭：纪念摩西·阿布拉莫维茨的论文（1974）学术出版社; J. Econ. Behav。组织，27（1995）35]。然而，美国黑人的幸福感却上升了。自20世纪70年代以来，美国的白色女性一直是最大的输家。幸福方程式具有稳定的结构。金钱可以买到幸福。人们也关心相对收入。幸福感在年龄上呈U形。这篇论文估计了失业和离婚等事件的美元价值。它们很大。例如，持久的婚姻（与作为“自然”实验的寡妇相比）估计每年价值10万美元。(C)2002年由Elsevier B. V.出版
This paper studies happiness in the United States and Great Britain. Reported levels of wellbeing have declined over the last quarter of a century in the US; life satisfaction has run approximately flat through time in Britain. These findings are consistent with the Easterlin hypothesis [Nations and Households in Economic Growth: Essays in Honour of Moses Abramowitz (1974) Academic Press; J. Econ. Behav. Org., 27 (1995) 35]. The happiness of American blacks, however, has risen. White women in the US have been the biggest losers since the 1970s. Well-being equations have a stable structure. Money buys happiness. People care also about relative income. Well-being is U-shaped in age. The paper estimates the dollar values of events like unemployment and divorce. They are large. A lasting marriage (compared to widowhood as a 'natural' experiment), for example, is estimated to be worth $100,000 a year. (C) 2002 Published by Elsevier B.V.