We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey … of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively … related to spending more time on doing research. The lack of a tenured position decreases satisfaction. However, the extent to …

’ response to an exogenous shock of (un)happiness (i.e. the death of husband or wife). We conclude that SWB explains voting …

of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries' happiness; Britain and …

We use four ways of the European Social Survey, covering 2000 to 2008, to analyze the effect of religion on happiness … lowers happiness while the latter raises it. We interpret this as evidence that the tangible aspects of religion (such as … abiding by restrictions on consumption and behavior) decrease happiness while the spiritual aspects increase it. We also find …

children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR … positive parental leave effects on life satisfaction. We also analyze whether the increase in life satisfaction is driven by a … in life satisfaction might be partially explained by personality development for individuals from low socioeconomic …

persons report substantially lower levels of life satisfaction than employed persons. When looking at specific types of …

children's life satisfaction. When controlling for time-invariant individual heterogeneity, our results suggest that maternal …

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between individuals' satisfaction with amenities and … infrastructure) and applying Probit regressions, our results show that satisfaction with amenities and environmental quality … more pronounced in urban areas, particularly in large cities. We also find that individuals' satisfaction with amenities …

it "scaresʺ. -- Unemployment ; scarring ; happiness ; life satisfaction … reduces a person's current life satisfaction even after the person has become reemployed. Our results suggest that the scar …