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Sundays Are Blue: Aren’t They? -The Day-of-the-Week Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status
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| Title: | Sundays Are Blue: Aren’t They? -The Day-of-the-Week Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status |
| Authors: | Akay, Alpaslan
Martinsson, Peter |
| Issue Date: | 2009-11-13 |
| Publication type: | report |
| Series/Report no.: | Working Papers in Economics
397 |
| Keywords: | subjective well-being
day-of-the-week effect |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses whether individuals are influenced by the day of the week when reporting subjective well-being. By using a large panel data set and controlling for observed and unobserved individu... moreal characteristics, we find a large day-of the-week effect. Overall, we find a ‘blue’ Sunday effect with the lowest level of subjective well-being. The day-of-the-week effect differs with certain socio-economic and demographic factors such as employment, marital status and age. The paper concludes with recommendations for future analyses of subjective well-being data and design of data collections. |
| ISSN: | 1403-2465 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/21411 |
| Appears in Collections: | Working papers
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