asymmetries in adaptation is proposed as an important driver. The theoretical analysis is consistent with econometric evidence on … commuting choice using data on subjective well-being. People show substantial adaptation to a higher labor income but not to …

We look for evidence of adaptation in well-being to major life events using eighteen waves of British panel data …. Adaptation to marriage, divorce, birth of a child and widowhood appears to be rapid and complete, whereas this is not the case … functioning. As such, the phenomenon of adaptation may be a general one, rather than being only found in German data or using …

Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This … on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation to severe disability, however, is shown to be incomplete. The …

reference to measure the degree of adaptation to widowhood. In the second step, the life satisfaction trajectories of both …

may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

freedom of choice, low levels of democratization, unemployment, low income, etc. Second, considering people's adaptation to … human well-being and the phenomenon of adaptation. Many challenges, of course, remain. First, we are only at the beginning … of understanding variation in the process of adaptation. The modeling of happiness over the life course promises a …