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Median Voters’ Happiness Cycles in the United States Along the Nation’s Principal Political Fault Line

Data from the General Social Survey are used to examine the political polarization in the United States, by examining presidential periods from 1972 to 2018. Our findings indicate that there has been an increa...

Brian J. L. Berry, Rubia R. Valente… in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2024)

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Unhappy Metros: Panel Evidence

We study the effect of urbanicity (metro v nonmetro) on life satisfaction, or Subjective WellBeing (SWB). The literature agrees that residents of metropolitan areas tend to be less satisfied with their lives t...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2023)

Reference Work Entry In depth

Happiness and Work for Europeans and Americans

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research (2023)

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Review of “Wealth (s) and Subjective Well-being” by Gael Brule

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Journal of Happiness Studies (2022)

Living Reference Work Entry In depth

Religion and Trust

This chapter investigates the relationship between religiosity and trust. First, the relevant literature is summarized and discussed. Second, a new light is shed on the relationship between religiosity and tru...

Rubia R. Valente, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn… in Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Pop…

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Effect of Volunteering and Pensions on Subjective Wellbeing of Elderly–are there Cross-Country Differences?

We investigate the effect of volunteering and pensions on subjective wellbeing (SWB) of elderly using wave 6 of Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). This is the first study to consider vol...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Leszek Morawski in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2021)

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Religiosity and Trust: Evidence from the United States

Trust is one of the key driving forces behind human action and an important factor in sha** human interaction. Trust can improve economic growth, political and civic involvement, democratic stability, and su...

Rubia R. Valente, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Review of Religious Research (2021)

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The Happiness-Energy Paradox: Energy Use is Unrelated to Subjective Well-Being

Earth’s per capita energy use continues to grow, despite technological advances and widespread calls for reduction in energy consumption. The negative environmental consequences are well known: resource deplet...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Micah Altman in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2020)

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Livability and Subjective Well-Being Across European Cities

This study documents for the first time the correlation between livability and subjective well-being (SWB) across European cities. Livability is measured with the popular Mercer Quality of Living Survey and co...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Rubia R. Valente in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2019)

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Life Satisfaction of Career Women and Housewives

Profound changes in gender roles have taken place over the past several decades in the United States. Women’s roles have changed most: women are marrying later in life and at lower rates, having fewer children...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Rubia da Rocha Valente in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2018)

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Happiness is Flextime

We study how work a schedule flexibility (flextime) affects happiness. We use a US General Social Survey (GSS) pooled dataset containing the Quality of Worklife and Work Orientations modules for 1998, 2002, 20...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Lonnie Golden in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2018)

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Happy Tourists, Unhappy Locals

The most recent of literature focuses more often on the happiness of tourists, rather than the happiness of residents affected by tourism. However, this study aims at filling this gap with a new and refreshing...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Marianna Strzelecka in Social Indicators Research (2017)

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More Unequal in Income, More Unequal in Wellbeing

This study focuses on the long-term trend in happiness by income level in the United States. General Social Survey data suggest that in the past, rich and poor Americans were not only more equal in terms of in...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Joan Maya Mazelis in Social Indicators Research (2017)

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Income Inequality and Wellbeing

This study investigates the effect of income inequality (gini) on health outcomes across U.S. counties using recent data. Health outcomes are both subjective and objective: mentally and physically unhealthy da...

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2015)

Chapter

Introductory Matter

This chapter introduces the book, defines happiness and other terms used, provides a brief overview of three major happiness theories, and summarizes the key points made.

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Happiness and Place: Why Life Is Better Outside of the City (2015)

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Urban Malaise: Explorations of Problems and Dissatisfaction with City Life

This key chapter discusses city problems building on classical sociological theory, and presents evidence of city unhappiness.

Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn in Happiness and Place: Why Life Is Better Outside of the City (2015)