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dc.contributor.authorOswald, Andrew J.en
dc.contributor.authorWu, Stephenen
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-27-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:05:15Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:05:15Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36006-
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses new Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to provide the first estimates of well-being across the states of America. From this sample of 1.3 million US citizens, we analyze measures of life satisfaction and mental health. Adjusting for people's characteristics, states such as Louisiana and DC have high psychological well-being levels while California and West Virginia have low well-being; there is no correlation between states' well-being and their GDP per capita. Correcting for people's incomes, satisfaction with life is lowest in the rich states. We discuss implications for the arbitrage theory that regions provide equal utility and compensating differentials.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4600en
dc.subject.jelD1en
dc.subject.jelI3en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordCompensating differentialsen
dc.subject.keywordBRFSSen
dc.subject.keywordhappinessen
dc.subject.keywordgeographyen
dc.subject.keywordGHQen
dc.subject.keywordEasterlin Paradoxen
dc.subject.keywordmental healthen
dc.subject.keyworddepressionen
dc.subject.keywordlife courseen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwMessungen
dc.subject.stwPsychische Störungen
dc.subject.stwRegionale Einkommensverteilungen
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleWell-being across America-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn617294127en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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