countries wealth affects life satisfaction more than income. In the countries for which consumption data are available (Britain … significant, though not large, changes in satisfaction levels. …

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 …

small firm informal sector: there is not a robust average satisfaction premium for formal work vis a vis self-employment or … distribution of satisfaction across sectors. The results are robust to the inclusion of fixed effects, and using alternate measures … of satisfaction. Job characteristics, self-perceived autonomy and experimentally elicited measures of attitudes toward …

There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have …. However, the life satisfaction of adult 'children' continues to be directly influenced by the life satisfaction of their … indicate that the life satisfaction of offspring can significantly affect the satisfaction of their parents, as well as vice …

affect well-being, and to what degree can they account for the life satisfaction path followed during young adulthood? To … transitions undergone during each age interval are examined. Life satisfaction at ages 22 to 40 follows a slight inverse U … overall life satisfaction. Partnership formation, the school-to-work transition, and parenting younger children are all …

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 …

attracting and retaining happy and life-satisfied migrants. This paper studies the link between life satisfaction and one … life satisfaction and emigration intentions: it is the most and the least life-satisfied people who are the most likely to … institutional quality. The instrumental variable results suggest that higher levels of life satisfaction have a positive effect on …

satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower …