Publications | RuWell Project

Publications related to the project

Jantsch, Antje; Piper, Alan (2025) A reconsideration of the relationship between town size and well-being in Latin America. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
Hermans, Kathleen; Djanibekov, Nodir; Abdullaev, Iskandar; Abduvalieva, Nilufar; Assubayeva, Aliya; Blondin, Suzy; Bobojonov, Ihtiyor; Conrad, Christopher; Herzfeld, Thomas; Kansiime, Johnson; Kimsanova, Barchynai; Laldjebaev, Murodbek; Mirkasimov, Bakhrom; Mirzabaev, Alisher; Murzakulova, Asel; Rajabova, Svetlana; Samakov, Aibek; Schraven, Benjamin; Sterly, Harald; Umirbekov, Atabek (2024) Future research directions for understanding the interconnections between climate change, water scarcity, and mobility in rural Central Asia. Climate and Development: 1-10.
Ana, Daniela; Jantsch, Antje (2024) Rooted in change - Understanding the lives and values of non-migrating Moldovans in a dynamic countryside. IAMO Annual 26: 47-53.
Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Möllers, Judith; Herzfeld, Thomas (2024) Remitted euros are not equal: The complex spending behaviour of Kosovar households. International Migration.
Möllers, Judith; Arapi-Gjini, Arjola (2024) The nature and effects of remittance scripts in rural Kosovo. Migration Studies 12 (4).
Ana, Daniela; Jantsch, Antje (2024) Verwurzelt im Wandel - Das Zusammenspiel von Wohlbefinden und Ortsverbundenheit in der Republik Moldau. IAMO Jahreszahl 26: 49-56.
Ana, Daniela; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Living, not leaving the village: Place attachment and rural livelihoods in the Republic of Moldova. In: International Scientific-Practical Conference "Economic growth in the conditions of globalization", 17th Edition, October 12-13, 2023 : Conference proceedings Volume I (Creşterea economică în condiţiile globalizării Ediția 17, Volumul I, 2023), 219-230: Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova.
Arapi-Gjini, Arjola (2022) Migration, remittances and well-being in Kosovo. Studies on the Agricultural and Food Sector in Transition Economies, Vol. 98, Halle (Saale): IAMO.
Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Möllers, Judith (2022) Migration, remittances and well-being in Kosovo. IAMO Annual 24: 31-39.
Jantsch, Antje; Hirschauer, Norbert (2021) (Dis)Satisfaction in rural areas and agriculture? An analysis of job and life satisfaction in Germany. IAMO Annual 23: 79-84.
Jantsch, Antje; Weirowski, Tobias; Hirschauer, Norbert (2019) (Un-)Zufriedenheit in der Landwirtschaft? Eine explorative Analyse der Arbeits- und Lebenszufriedenheit in Ostdeutschland. German Journal of Agricultural Economics 68 (4): 263-274.
Möllers, Judith; Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Herzfeld, Thomas; Xhema, Sherif (2017) Exit or voice? The recent drivers of Kosovar out-migration. International Migration 55 (3): 173-186.
Jantsch, Antje; Wunder, Christoph; Hirschauer, Norbert (2016) Lebensqualität in Deutschland - Ein Vergleich von städtischen und ländlichen Regionen. In: Working Paper no. 244 798, 56th GEWISOLA-Annual Conference Bonn, Germany.

Other publications

Jantsch, A., Le Blanc, J., Schmidt, T. (2024): Beyond Income: Exploring the Role of Household Wealth for Subjective Well-Being in Germany. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25 (101).
Jantsch, A., Buchenrieder, G., Dufhues, T. et al. (2024) Social Comparisons Under Pandemic Stress: Income Reference Groups, Comparison Patterns, and the Subjective Well-Being of German Students. Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(83).
Jantsch, Antje; Piper, Alan (2024) An investigation into the relationship between town size and well-being in Latin America and the role of education. MPRA Paper No. 120572.
Ana, Daniela (2023) Nature’s Value: Evidencing a Moldovan Terroir through Scientific Infrastructures. Ethnos.
Ana, Daniela (2022) Gifts that pay for themselves. In: Peter Howland (ed.): Wine and the Gift: Routledge UK.
Ana, Daniela (2022) Wine is Our Bread: Labour and Value in Moldovan Winemaking. New York: Berghahn Books.
Dufhues, Thomas; Möllers, Judith; Jantsch, Antje; Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Camfield, Laura (2022) Don’t look up! Individual income comparisons and subjective well-being of students in Thailand. Journal of Happiness Studies.
Jantsch, Antje; Le Blanc, Julia; Schmidt, Tobias (2022) Wealth and subjective well-being in Germany. Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper, Frankfurt am Main.
Möllers, Judith; Herzfeld, Thomas; Batereanu, Lucia; Arapi-Gjini, Arjola (2022) An analysis of farm support measures in the Republic of Moldova. IAMO Discussion Paper No. 199, Halle (Saale): IAMO.
Ana, Daniela (2021) Politics, Markets and Wine: Indexing post-Cold War Tensions in the Republic of Moldova. Ethnologie Francaise.
Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Möllers, Judith; Herzfeld, Thomas (2020) Measuring dynamic effects of remittances on poverty and inequality with evidence from Kosovo. Eastern European Economics 58 (4): 283-308.
Hirschauer, Norbert; Grüner, Sven; Mußhoff, Oliver; Becker, Claudia; Jantsch, Antje (2020) Can p-values be meaningfully interpreted without random sampling? Statistics Surveys 14: 71-91.
Jantsch, Antje; Veenhoven, Ruut (2019) Private Wealth and Happiness - A Research Synthesis Using an Online Findings-Archive. In: Brulé, G., Suter, C. (2019): Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being. Springer. Cham, 17-50: Springer.
Hirschauer, Norbert; Jantsch, Antje; Mußhoff, Oliver (2018) Developing business ethics theory and integrating economic analysis into business ethics teaching - conceptualization based on externalities and diminishing marginal utility. Review of Social Economy , 76 (1): 43-72.

Conference contributions

Oral presentations

Beadle, Brian; Jantsch, Antje; Kansiime, Johnson (2024) Modelling Amartya Sen’s capability approach using Bayesian Multidimensional Item Response Theory. 22nd ISQOLS Annual Conference "Human Happiness and Wellbeing in an Uncertain World", Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Kansiime, Johnson; Jantsch, Antje (2024) Revitalizing well-being: A novel approach with the Index of Well-being (IoW). 22nd ISQOLS Annual Conference "Human Happiness and Wellbeing in an Uncertain World", Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Ana, Daniela; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Living, not leaving the village: Place attachment and rural livelihoods in the Republic of Moldova. EEGA Annual Conference 2023 – „Beyond the collapse: Globalization projects in Eastern Europe before and after 2022“, Leipzig, Deutschland.
Ana, Daniela; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Ethnographic perspectives on well-being and place attachment in rural Moldova. XXIXth European Society for Rural Sociology Congress Crises and the futures of rural areas, Rennes, Frankreich.
Ana, Daniela; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Ethnographic insights on well-being and place attachment in rural Moldova. International Scientific-Practical Conference "Economic Growth in the conditions of Globaliyation", Chisinau, Republik Moldau.
Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Place attachment, (im)mobility decisions and rural well-being in Southeast Europe: A multi-sited ethnographic approach. XXIXth European Society for Rural Sociology Congress Crises and the futures of rural areas, Rennes, Frankreich.
Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Who are the stayers? Place attachment, (im)mobility decisions and well-being in rural Southeast Europe. 21st ISQOLS Annual Conference "Towards a People-First Economy: A World to Win", Rotterdam, Niederlande.
Herzfeld, Thomas; Möllers, Judith; Dufhues, Thomas; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Receiving remittances and subjective wellbeing in Moldova. XVII Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists (EAAE) “Agri-food systems in a changing world: Connecting science and society”, Rennes, Frankreich.
Jantsch, Antje; Buchenrieder, Gertrud; Dufhues, Thomas; Möllers, Judith (2023) The COVID-19 pandemic, individual reference groups and subjective well-being. 21st ISQOLS Annual Conference "Towards a People-First Economy: A World to Win", Rotterdam, Niederlande.
Jantsch, Antje; Piper, Alan (2022) An investigation into the diverse relationship between subjective well-being and townsize in Latin America. Well-Being 2022 Conference: Knowledge for informed decisions, Luxemburg, Luxemburg.

Poster presentations

Shala, Arbnora; Arapi-Gjini, Arjola; Jantsch, Antje (2024) Exploring immobility patterns of rural populations: Empirical evidence from South East Europe. Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 25.06.2024 - 28.06.2024.
Herzfeld, Thomas; Möllers, Judith; Dufhues, Thomas; Jantsch, Antje (2023) Receiving remittances and subjective well-being in Moldova. Rennes, Frankreich, 29.08.2023 - 01.09.2023.
Kansiime, Johnson; Jantsch, Antje (2023) The multidimensional drivers of well-being and the (im)mobility decisions of rural residents: Empirical evidence from Germany. Rotterdam, Niederlande, 21.08.2023 - 25.08.2023.