This paper examines the relationship between parenthood and life satisfaction using longitudinal data on women from the … German Socio-Economic Panel. Previous studies have focused on satisfaction differences between parents and comparable … exploiting the extended longitudinal dimension of the panel to track self-reported life satisfaction of women eventually to …

serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) are significantly more likely to report higher levels of life satisfaction - having one or … single nucleotide polymorphism (rs2020933) in the SLC6A4 gene also predicts life satisfaction. These results are the first to …

individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two …

. Individual data on reported satisfaction with life are used as a proxy measure for utility, and income evaluation measures are …Does individual well-being depend on the absolute level of income and consumption or is it relative to one …'s aspirations? In a direct empirical test, it is found that higher income aspirations reduce people's utility, ceteris paribus …

less happy than employed people and their reduction in life satisfaction is the larger, the stronger the norm is. …

This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people’s preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction … these countries depresses life satisfaction in a sizeable and robust way. However, the calculation of the trade-off between … terrorism and income requires improved measurement of the marginal utility of income. …

questions on satisfaction with income and with life in general. In this paper we apply this new type of measurement to the study …

Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the … probability effects by design, and therefore limit the analysis of distributional aspects of a change in income, that is, the … study of whether the income effect depend on a person’s happiness. In this paper we pinpoint the shortcomings of standard …