Pain at the pump: Gasoline prices and subjective well-being

Boyd-Swan, Casey; Herbst, Chris M.

doi:10.1016/j.jue.2012.05.002

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“…In particular, we dichotomised the dependent variable so that it took value 0 for very and rather unsatisfied individuals and value 1 for very and rather satisfied individuals. This approach is consistent with that in the existing literature (Boyd-Swan and Herbst, 2012).…”

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The nexus between innovation and wellbeing across the EU space: What role for urbanisation?

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2019

Urban Studies

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The importance of innovation for economic performance and competitiveness, whatever the level of analysis adopted, is uncontroversial. Yet little is known about the relationship between innovation and (subjective) wellbeing. This paper empirically studies this issue in a spatial perspective by arguing that the expected positive link between innovation and wellbeing can be even more complex than might be thought, and by testing the expectation that this relationship varies according to the different types of innovation and spatial setting considered. The analysis takes advantage of regionalised data sets at the EU level on wellbeing derived from various waves of Eurobarometer surveys in the period 2007–2011, and on regionalised patents and trademarks, thus merging individual and regional data. The results indicate that different types of innovation have different impacts on wellbeing across space. Technology-intensive innovation, such as patents, yields its benefits only in the most urbanised regions, while the impact of less technology-intensive innovation, such as trademarks, is undifferentiated across space. Spatial spillover effects also play an important role for individual wellbeing, regardless of the type of innovation and the degree of urbanisation of a region. Some reflections on regional innovation policies are finally proposed and discussed with reference to the current debate on place-based regional policies.

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Section: Measuring Wellbeing Innovation and Urbanisationsupporting

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The nexus between innovation and wellbeing across the EU space: What role for urbanisation?

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“…(see e.g. Dolan et al (2008) for an overview), other "unusual" and "seemingly unrelated" factors such as eating fruits and vegetables (Blanchflower et al, 2013), gas prices (Boyd-Swan & Herbst, 2012), and even studying economics (Haucap & Heimeshoff, 2014) have been found to affect life satisfaction. 4…”

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Do victories and losses matter? Effects of football on life satisfaction

Janhuba

2019

Journal of Economic Psychology

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ISBN 978-80-7343-386-4 (Univerzita Karlova, Centrum pro ekonomický výzkum a doktorské studium) ISBN 978-80-7344-408-2 (Národohospodářský ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.) AbstractEvery week during the autumn season, millions of Americans attend football games and even more watch the sport on TV. In addition to generating entertainment revenues, previous research has also shown that sports events lead to changes in emotions in minds of fans. This study examines whether sports influence the subjective well-being of the population. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ordered logit model estimates effects of a local college football team's results on the life satisfaction of local citizens. The analysis suggests that unexpected wins have positive effects on life satisfaction. Surprisingly, no effect is found for cases of unexpected losses or outcomes which can not be labeled as surprising based on the pre-game betting market.JEL codes: I18, Z29, C25 participants in the 2015 MVEA Kansas City and 2016 YEM Brno conferences, and participants in a CERGE-EI Brownbag and a WVU Research seminars for helpful comments and suggestions. All remaining errors are my own.†

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“…Second, our work provides insight into individual preferences for varying degrees of residential segregation across metropolitan areas. Indeed, measures of self-reported happiness are viewed as complementary to traditional choice-based wellbeing measures (e.g., employment and income), and there is a growing body of research exploring the ways in which happiness is influenced by policy and economic phenomena, including gross domestic product and labor market conditions (Di Tella et al, 2003), gasoline prices (Boyd-Swan & Herbst, 2012), income taxes (Akay et al, 2012), and cigarette taxes (Gruber & Mullainathan, 2005).…”

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Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self‐reported Happiness

Herbst

Lucio

2016

Journal of Regional Science

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S ABSTRACT Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported HappinessPrevious research consistently finds that racially-based residential segregation is associated with poor economic, health, and social outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between residential segregation and self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we begin by estimating ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions of happiness on a measure of MSA-level segregation, controlling for a rich set of individual, neighborhood, and state characteristics.The OLS results suggest that increased segregation is associated with a reduction in happiness among blacks. To deal more appropriately with the potential endogeneity of location choice, we extend the methodology to fully exploit the panel structure of the NSFH and incorporate individual fixed effects into the happiness equation. Contrary to the OLS results, our fixed effects estimates imply that blacks are happier in more segregated metropolitan areas. The paper discusses the implications of these results within the context of current integration policies.JEL Classification: J10

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Pain at the pump: Gasoline prices and subjective well-being

Cited by 27 publications

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The nexus between innovation and wellbeing across the EU space: What role for urbanisation?

The nexus between innovation and wellbeing across the EU space: What role for urbanisation?

Do victories and losses matter? Effects of football on life satisfaction

Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self‐reported Happiness

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