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Working Papers

2009

1. Do the Obese Really Die Younger or Do Health Expenditures Buy Them Extra Years?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
2. Is the Internet Bad News? The Online News Era and the Market for High-Quality News
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
3. Persistencies in the Labour Market
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (2000) View citations
   Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000)

2008

4. Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?
   NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research View citations
5. Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research (2008)
6. Happiness Dynamics with Quarterly Life Event Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
7. Robustness in Health Research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?
   NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2008)
8. The mystery of the U-shaped relationship between happiness and age
   NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research

2007

9. Childhood Economic Conditions and Length of Life: Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr Cohort, 1937-2005
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
10. Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (2008)

2006

11. All-pay Auctions with Budget Constraints and Fair Insurance
    Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (2006) View citations
12. From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia’s "Great Leap Forward"?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in The Economic Record (2006)
13. Income and Happiness: Evidence, Explanations and Economic Implications. Working paper #5
    NCER Working Paper Series, National Centre for Econometric Research
14. Income and happiness: Evidence, explanations and economic implications
    PSE Working Papers, PSE (Ecole normale supérieure) View citations
15. Quantifying the Cost of Passive Smoking on Child Health: Evidence from Children’s Cotinine Samples
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
16. Reducing Start-up costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labor Market
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
    Economics working papers, Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (2003)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004)
    Economics Series, Institute for Advanced Studies (2003)
    Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics (2003)
    See also Journal Article in Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2006)
17. Testing for Employee Discrimination in Britain using Matched Employer-Employee Data
    University of Cyprus Working Papers in Economics, University of Cyprus Department of Economics

2005

18. Contacts, Social Capital and Market Institutions - A Theory of Development
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
    Also in Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics (2003) View citations
19. Do You Need a Job to Find a Job?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004)
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (2004)
20. Materialism on the March: From Conspicuous Leisure to Conspicuous Consumption?
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
    See also Journal Article in The Journal of Socio-Economics (2008)
21. Social Capital, Creative Destruction and Economic Development
    Research Report, University of Groningen, Research Institute SOM (Systems, Organisations and Management)
22. Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality: Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (2005) View citations
23. The causal effect of income on health: Evidence from German reunification
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Health Economics (2005)

2004

24. Estimating the causal effect of income on health: Evidence from post-reunification Germany
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations
25. INVESTIGATING THE QUITTING DECISION OF NURSES:PANEL DATA EVIDENCE FROM THE BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University (2004)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Health Economics (2007)
26. Immigrant Job Search in the UK: Evidence from Panel Data
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society
    Also in Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (2003) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
27. Income and life satisfaction in post-transition russia A new empirical methodology for panel data
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology
28. Job Search Success: Comparing Job Offer Rates In and Out of Employment
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
29. Job Search with Nonparticipation
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2003) View citations
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (2003) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2006)
30. Social Capital, Creative Destruction and Economic Growth
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
    Also in Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics (2004) View citations
31. TESTING FOR EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION USING MATCHED EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE DATA: THEORY AND EVIDENCE
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (2003) View citations
32. TO TEACH OR NOT TO TEACH? PANEL DATA EVIDENCE ON THE QUITTING DECISION
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2004) View citations
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne (2004) View citations
33. The value of reunification in Germany; An analysis of changes in life satisfaction?
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
    Also in Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society (2003) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2002) View citations
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne (2001) View citations
34. Why the US and not Brazil? Old Elites and the Development of a Modern Economy
    Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology (2004) View citations

2003

35. An Analysis of the Determinants of Job Satisfaction when Individuals’ Baseline Satisfaction Levels May Differ
    CAM Working Papers, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Applied Economics (2007)
36. CHOOSING TO BECOME A ‘LOST CAUSE’:THE PERVERSE EFFECTS OF BENEFIT PRECONDITIONS
    Department of Economics - Working Papers Series, The University of Melbourne View citations
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Economic Papers (2008)
37. Estimating The Causal Effect of Income on Health: Evidence from Post Reunification East Germany
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University View citations
38. How Well Do Individuals Predict Their Future Life Satisfaction? Rationality and Learning Following a Nationwide Exogenous Shock
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
39. Socialism, Capitalism, and Transition - Coordination of Economic Relations and Output Performance
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology
    Also in Vienna Economics Papers, University of Vienna, Department of Economics (2003)

2002

40. How important is Methodology for the Estimates of the Determinants of Happiness?
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations
    See also Journal Article in Economic Journal (2004)
41. How well do individuals predict their future life satisfaction
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
42. Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
43. Inside the black box of social capital: micro-models of the value of contacts
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology
44. THE ECONOMIC MOTIVES FOR CHILD ALLOWANCES:ALTRUISM, EXCHANGE OR VALUE OF INDEPENDENCE?
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology

2001

45. The Anatomy of Subjective Well-Being
    Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2003)
46. The Pre-commitment Advantage of Having a Slow Legislative System
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
47. Unemployment benefits and educational choices
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
48. WELFARE AND OUTPUT ENHANCING MORAL HAZARD:DISABILITY BENEFITS AND ENDOGENOUS OCCUPATIONAL CHOICE
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology

2000

49. A Structural Model of Well-being: with an application to German Data
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations
50. Interpretation Problems with Changes in Indices based on Categorizations
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2001)
51. The Non-Parametric Identification of Lagged Duration Dependence
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2002)

1999

52. Different data sources for studying behaviour
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations
53. The Role and Evolution of Central Authorities
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    Also in Public Economics, EconWPA (1999)
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA (1999)
54. The Structure of German Well-being
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
55. The measurement of welfare and well-being; the Leyden approach
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology View citations

1998

56. Climate equivalence scales and the effects of climate change on Russian welfare and well-being
    Paul Frijters Discussion Papers, School of Economics and Finance, Queensland University of Technology
57. Consumption Complementarities, Monopolies, and Coordination
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
58. The Effect of a Minimum Wage on Unemployment in a Model of Team Production
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
59. The Sale of Relational Capital through Tenure Profiles and Tournaments
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2000)

1997

60. A Model of Fashions and Status
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute
    See also Journal Article in Economic Modelling (1998)
61. Capital scarcities as a reason for high unemployment in the European Union
    Macroeconomics, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute (1996) View citations
62. Choice Behaviour and Verbal Behaviour: A Critical Assessment of their Relevance for Practical Policy
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations
63. Discrimination and job-uncertainty
    Labor and Demography, EconWPA View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (1998)
64. Hiring, Firing, Education and Productivity. A South African Case Study
    Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute

Journal Articles

2009

1. Groom price-female human capital: Some empirical evidence
   The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2009, 38, (2), 270-279
2. Quantifying the costs of drought: new evidence from life satisfaction data
   Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22, (2), 445-461 View citations
3. To Work or Not to Work? Child Development and Maternal Labor Supply
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1, (3), 97-110

2008

4. Choosing to become a 'lost cause': the perverse effects of benefit preconditions
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2008, 60, (1), 1-19
   See also Working Paper (2003)
5. Materialism on the March: From conspicuous leisure to conspicuous consumption?
   The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2008, 37, (5), 1937-1945
   See also Working Paper (2005)
6. Relative Income, Happiness, and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2008, 46, (1), 95-144 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
7. Robustness in health research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?
   Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (6), 1626-1644
   See also Working Paper (2008)

2007

8. An analysis of the determinants of job satisfaction when individuals' baseline satisfaction levels may differ
   Applied Economics, 2007, 39, (19), 2413-2423
   See also Working Paper (2003)
9. Investigating the quitting decision of nurses: panel data evidence from the british national health service
   Health Economics, 2007, 16, (1), 57-73 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2004)

2006

10. Can the Large Swings in Russian Life Satisfaction be Explained by Ups and Downs in Real Incomes?
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (3), 433-458 View citations
11. From Golden Age to Golden Age: Australia's 'Great Leap Forward'?
    The Economic Record, 2006, 82, (257), 207-224
    See also Working Paper (2006)
12. Job Search with Nonparticipation
    Economic Journal, 2006, 116, (508), 45-83 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2004)
13. Reducing Start-up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labor Market
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2006, 108, (2), 317-337 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

14. Job Search Methods and Their Success: A Comparison of Immigrants and Natives in the UK
    Economic Journal, 2005, 115, (507), F359-F376 View citations
15. The causal effect of income on health: Evidence from German reunification
    Journal of Health Economics, 2005, 24, (5), 997-1017 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2005)

2004

16. How Important is Methodology for the estimates of the determinants of Happiness?
    Economic Journal, 2004, 114, (497), 641-659 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2002)
17. Investigating the Patterns and Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Germany Following Reunification
    Journal of Human Resources, 2004, 39, (3) View citations
18. Money Does Matter! Evidence from Increasing Real Income and Life Satisfaction in East Germany Following Reunification
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (3), 730-740 View citations

2003

19. The anatomy of subjective well-being
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 51, (1), 29-49 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2002

20. The non-parametric identification of lagged duration dependence
    Economics Letters, 2002, 75, (3), 289-292 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2001

21. Interpretation problems with changes in indices based on categorizations
    Economics Letters, 2001, 72, (3), 375-379
    See also Working Paper (2000)

2000

22. Do individuals try to maximize general satisfaction?
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2000, 21, (3), 281-304 View citations
23. The sale of relational capital through tenure profiles and tournaments
    Labour Economics, 2000, 7, (4), 373-384
    See also Working Paper (1998)

1999

24. A three-factor search model
    Economics Letters, 1999, 64, (3), 319-324
25. Hiring on the Basis of Expected Productivity in a South African Clothing Firm
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1999, 51, (2), 345-54 View citations

1998

26. A model of fashions and status
    Economic Modelling, 1998, 15, (4), 501-517 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)
27. Discrimination and job-uncertainty
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 36, (4), 433-446 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1997)