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 …

reference to measure the degree of adaptation to widowhood. In the second step, the life satisfaction trajectories of both … would benefit women. Using life satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we conduct an empirical … generate a control group of non-widowed women. The average level of life satisfaction in the control group serves as a …

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 …

psychological importance of relative concerns and adaptation. The available evidence contains two important lessons: income … comparisons do seem to affect subjective well-being, even in very poor countries; however, adaptation may be more of a rich … thresholds. Such regime changes are visible to the eye through the lens of subjective satisfaction measures. The case of …

We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …

satisfaction is negative just before the implementation and positive afterward. Last, I find evidence that smokers do not favor the …