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 …

In most research on Life Satisfaction (LS), it is assumed that the covariates of high and low LS are the same for …

satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas the impact of exogenously triggered job changes is ambiguous. Risk aversion … interacts negatively with this effect in life satisfaction. Analysing time-use data and well-being indicators for various areas … of life, we find evidence that involuntary job mobility turns out to be harmful for satisfaction with family life. By …

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

Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective well-being - life satisfaction and emotional well-being - separately to … obtain a more comprehensive view of the subjective impact of workfare jobs. Our results show that the life satisfaction of …

Unemployment influences people’s life satisfaction beyond negative income shocks. A large body of literature … experiment to compare unemployment-related life satisfaction losses between different cohorts of East and West German women. We …

enjoy the corresponding procedural utility. Utility is measured by individuals reported subjective well-being or happiness …