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Working Papers

2024

1. Effects of Teaching Practices on Life Satisfaction and Test Scores: Evidence from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2022)
2. Is immigration good for Europe? Long-run evidence using comprehensive well-being
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)

2023

3. Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Explaining happiness trends in Europe, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2022

4. A Measure of Well-Being Efficiency Based on the World Happiness Report
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2022) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article A Measure of Well-being Efficiency Based on the World Happiness Report, International Productivity Monitor, Centre for the Study of Living Standards (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
5. Measuring Progress
   IZA Policy Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
6. Trust Predicts Compliance with COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence from Ten Countries Using Big Data
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Trust predicts compliance with COVID-19 containment policies: Evidence from ten countries using big data, Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2021

7. A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-Being Data from Twitter. Evidence from Ten Countries
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021) View citations (4)
8. Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2021)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021)
   See also Journal Article Neo-humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable world, Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer (2023) (2023)
9. Trust predicts compliance to Covid-19 containment policies: evidence from ten countries using big data
   Department of Economics University of Siena, Department of Economics, University of Siena View citations (2)

2020

10. The Easterlin Paradox
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (21)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2020) View citations (19)

2019

11. Economic growth and well-being beyond the Easterlin paradox
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
    See also Chapter Economic growth and well-being beyond the Easterlin paradox, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (2021) (2021)
12. Labor market policy and subjective well-being during the Great Recession
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
    See also Journal Article Labor Market Policy and Subjective Well-Being During the Great Recession, Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer (2022) (2022)
13. Making economic growth and well-being compatible: evidence from Japan
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (3)
14. The effect of immigration on natives’ well-being in the European Union
    GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
    See also Journal Article The effect of immigration on natives’ well-being in the European Union, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2020) (2020)

2018

15. Longer, More Optimistic, Lives: Historic Optimism and Life Expectancy in the United States
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group
    See also Journal Article Longer, more optimistic, lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2019) View citations (21) (2019)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Trust predicts compliance with COVID-19 containment policies: Evidence from ten countries using big data
   Economics & Human Biology, 2024, 54, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Trust Predicts Compliance with COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence from Ten Countries Using Big Data, IZA Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (6) (2022)

2023

2. Neo-humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable world
   Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, 18, (1), 9-41
   See also Working Paper Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)
3. Three years of COVID-19 and life satisfaction in Europe: A macro view
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120, (19), e2300717120

2022

4. A Measure of Well-being Efficiency Based on the World Happiness Report
   International Productivity Monitor, 2022, 43, 10-40 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper A Measure of Well-Being Efficiency Based on the World Happiness Report, IZA Discussion Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
5. Are economic growth and well-being compatible? Welfare reform and life satisfaction in Japan
   (Childcare expansion in East Asia: Changing shape of the institutional configurations in Japan and South Korea)
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, 74, (3), 721-745 View citations (2)
6. Explaining happiness trends in Europe
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (37), e2210639119 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe, IZA Discussion Papers (2023) (2023)
7. Labor Market Policy and Subjective Well-Being During the Great Recession
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23, (2), 391-422
   See also Working Paper Labor market policy and subjective well-being during the Great Recession, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2019) (2019)

2020

8. Does the U-shape Pattern in Life Cycle Satisfaction Obscure Reality? A Response to Blanchflower
   Review of Behavioral Economics, 2020, 7, (2), 201-206 View citations (3)
9. Life Satisfaction and Noncognitive Skills: Effects on the Likelihood of Unemployment
   Kyklos, 2020, 73, (4), 568-604 View citations (4)
10. The effect of immigration on natives’ well-being in the European Union
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 180, (C), 257-274
    See also Working Paper The effect of immigration on natives’ well-being in the European Union, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2019) (2019)

2019

11. Longer, more optimistic, lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 168, (C), 374-392 View citations (21)
    See also Working Paper Longer, More Optimistic, Lives: Historic Optimism and Life Expectancy in the United States, Working Papers (2018) (2018)

2018

12. Does oil really curse democracy? A long-run time-series analysis of 127 countries
    Resources Policy, 2018, 57, (C), 264-277 View citations (14)

2017

13. Experienced Life Cycle Satisfaction in Europe
    Review of Behavioral Economics, 2017, 4, (4), 371-396 View citations (11)
14. Happiness and Welfare State Policy Around the World
    Review of Behavioral Economics, 2017, 4, (4), 397-420

2015

15. OIL CURSE AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES: WHICH INSTITUTIONS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE CURSE AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES?
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2015, 33, (2), 229-249 View citations (7)

Chapters

2021

1. Economic growth and well-being beyond the Easterlin paradox
   Chapter 9 in A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness, 2021, pp 162-188
   See also Working Paper Economic growth and well-being beyond the Easterlin paradox, University Library of Munich, Germany (2019) (2019)