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Journal article

The Review of Economics and Statistics:

The asymmetric experience of positive and negative economic growth: global evidence using subjective well-being data

Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth?We find that measures of subjective well-being are more than twice as sensitive to negative as compared to positive economic growth. We use ...Read more...

CentrePiece article

In brief... Business cycle blues

People do not psychologically benefit from economic expansions nearly as much as they suffer from recessions, according to research by JanEmmanuel De Neve and colleagues....Read more...

CEP discussion paper

The asymmetric experience of positive and negative economic growth: global evidence using subjective well-being data

Are individuals more sensitive to losses than gains in terms of economic growth? Using subjective well-being data, we observe an asymmetry in the way positive and negative economic growth is experienced. We find that mea...Read more...