most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

abnormally low levels of life satisfaction. Using data from the World Values Survey and other sources, we study various … explanations of this phenomenon. First, we document that the disparity in life satisfaction between residents of transition and non … the aged population explain a great deal of the difference in life satisfaction between transition countries and other …

-time. We analyze the relationship between part-time work and life satisfaction, and between job satisfaction and preferred … working hours using panel data on life and job satisfaction for a sample of partnered women and men. We also utilize time … hypothesis in this context. Our main results indicate that partnered women in part-time work have high levels of job satisfaction …

satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they … work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …

We investigate how individual well-being is affected by unemployment. Analysing panel data on life satisfaction, we …

We analyze temporary trade barriers (TTB) in Canada in 1989-2009. We find that, despite the retreat in TTB stocks in …

The paper provides SVAR estimates for four open economies: the UK, Canada, Sweden and Denmark, making explicit a … another: monetary union appears easy to recommend for Sweden and Denmark, much less so for Canada and the UK. …