level of both life satisfaction and happiness than Australia. Our findings accord with numerous cross-national surveys …In "Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia," Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

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 …

The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The … investigates the effect of job loss and becoming unemployed, another field of study focuses on the determinants of job satisfaction … evolving around employment conditions, self-employment, and potential public sector satisfaction premiums. A smaller part of …

and negative effects for middle household income families. We find similar negative effects on life satisfaction for both …' subjective well-being. Of note, though, we find large and positive effects for poor household families and high school graduates … men and women, but different effects on satisfaction with work-life balance. This suggests that fathers' life satisfaction …

This paper tests whether there is a potential payoff to grandparenthood in terms of life satisfaction. Using the new … suggest that even though children may not contribute significantly to parents' satisfaction with life overall, there may well …

satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries – a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend …. There is no evidence of an increase in life satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the … accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening life satisfaction …

self-reports and responses to a battery of vignette questions. We find global life satisfaction of happiness is well …We analyze the determinants of global life satisfaction in two countries (The Netherlands and the U.S.), by using both … contacts and family have the highest impact on global life satisfaction, followed by job and daily activities and health …