-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is operationalized by job and life satisfaction of individuals in 32 European … important role well-being. The results suggest that fostering an entrepreneurial society in Europe is a welfare enhancing …

they often lack a comparison group that was unaffected by the pandemic, and the observation window is usually short. Here …, we compared the 2-year development of life satisfaction of German high school students during COVID-19 (N = 2,698) with … satisfaction in winter 2020/2021 (Cohen's d = -0.40) that was approximately three times stronger than that in the general …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to …

Using micro-data on six surveys - the Gallup World Poll 2005-2023, the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System … the IPSOS Happiness Survey 2018-2023 - we show individuals' reports of subjective wellbeing in Europe did decline in the … the annual data from the United Nation's Humasn Development Index (HDI) nor data used in the World Happiness Report from …

individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two …

, evaluations tend to be dominated by "social comparison" - what is happening to the incomes of others. An increase in the incomes …

this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely …-index. Happiness and life satisfaction data seem able to forecast migration flows. Fourth, happy people are particularly optimistic …. -- Happiness ; unhappiness ; pain ; life satisfaction …

Trends in life satisfaction are examined across 15 European countries employing a modified version of Kendall's Tau …

their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …

Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a "disruptive … 2020 in Germany, when schools and day care centers were closed but while other measures had been relaxed and new infections …