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 …

-time. We analyze the relationship between part-time work and life satisfaction, and between job satisfaction and preferred … working hours using panel data on life and job satisfaction for a sample of partnered women and men. We also utilize time … hypothesis in this context. Our main results indicate that partnered women in part-time work have high levels of job satisfaction …

satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they … work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how …

happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that … part-time women are more satisfied with working hours than full-time women. Partnered women’s life satisfaction is … increased if their partners work full-time. Male partners’ life satisfaction is unaffected by their partners’ market hours but …

and Oswald, when we analyse life satisfaction in place of happiness, and when we measure development using GDP per capita … 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 …

Who records the largest drops in life satisfaction when they move into unemployment? Do men experience a larger drop in … life satisfaction than women? Do Australians and Americans record a larger drop than Europeans? Using an Australian panel … report lower life satisfaction than observationally equivalent employed people (holding current income constant). Being …

and Oswald, when we analyse life satisfaction in place of happiness, and when we measure development using GDP per capita … 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 …