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dc.contributor.authorOswald, Andrew J.en
dc.contributor.authorPowdthavee, Nattavudhen
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-23-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:23:31Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:23:31Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34425-
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies the mental distress caused by bereavement. The largest emotional losses are from the death of a spouse; the second-worst in severity are the losses from the death of a child; the third-worst is the death of a parent. The paper explores how happiness regression equations might be used in tort cases to calculate compensatory damages for emotional harm and pain-and-suffering. We examine alternative well-being variables, discuss adaptation, consider the possibility that bereavement affects someone's marginal utility of income, and suggest a procedure for correcting for the endogeneity of income. Although the paper's contribution is methodological, and further research is needed, some illustrative compensation amounts are discussed.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3159en
dc.subject.jelD1en
dc.subject.ddc340en
dc.subject.keywordBereavementen
dc.subject.keyworddamagesen
dc.subject.keywordhappinessen
dc.subject.keywordcompensationen
dc.subject.keywordwell-beingen
dc.subject.keywordGHQ scoresen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwSterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwFamilieen
dc.subject.stwWert des Lebensen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleDeath, happiness, and the calculation of compensatory damages-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn556772741en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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