Douglas R Dalenberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 4262733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Douglas R Dalenberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Douglas R |
| FAMILY NAME | Dalenberg |
| SIGNATURE | DALENBERG D R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Montana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Does Meeting Expectations of Relative Income Improve Well-Being
Racially Inclusive Governance Makes (Almost) Everyone Happier: The End of Apartheid as Evidence for Procedural Utility
This paper examines the impact of a large social regime change on well-being independently from the change’s direct impact on observable outcomes. While individuals get utility from outcomes, they may also get ‘procedural’ utility from the processes by which outcomes arise. We apply a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to models of life satisfaction before and after the end of apartheid. The results suggest that the increase in life satisfaction seen i…
Relative to What or Whom? The Importance of Norms and Relative Standing to Well-Being in South Africa
Do Household Heads Speak for the Household? A Research Note
The Municipal Wage and Employment Effects of Public Infrastructure
We empirically examine the relationship between public capital and municipal employment levels and changes using a sample of 48 large US cities during the 1970-80 period. We find greater stocks of public capital are associated with a higher demand for and supply of municipal workers. Holding all other factors constant, the effect of a 10 per cent greater level of per capita public capital stock is a 0.6 and 12.9 per cent higher demand for and sup…
At-large versus ward elections: Implications for public infrastructure
At-large versus ward elections: Implications for public infrastructure
The Municipal Wage and Employment Effects of Public Infrastructure
We empirically examine the relationship between public capital and municipal employment levels and changes using a sample of 48 large US cities during the 1970-80 period. We find greater stocks of public capital are associated with a higher demand for and supply of municipal workers. Holding all other factors constant, the effect of a 10 per cent greater level of per capita public capital stock is a 0.6 and 12.9 per cent higher demand for and sup…
Do Household Heads Speak for the Household? A Research Note
Relative to What or Whom? The Importance of Norms and Relative Standing to Well-Being in South Africa
Racially Inclusive Governance Makes (Almost) Everyone Happier: The End of Apartheid as Evidence for Procedural Utility
This paper examines the impact of a large social regime change on well-being independently from the change’s direct impact on observable outcomes. While individuals get utility from outcomes, they may also get ‘procedural’ utility from the processes by which outcomes arise. We apply a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to models of life satisfaction before and after the end of apartheid. The results suggest that the increase in life satisfaction seen i…
Does Meeting Expectations of Relative Income Improve Well-Being
Economics (5 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (4 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Estimation (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Life satisfaction (2 works) · Local Government Finance and Decentralization (2 works)