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Setting the set point : initial predictors of life satisfaction in early adulthood

Trzcinski, Eileen (contributor); Holst, Elke (contributor) - 2006

In this article, we examine the patterns of association among a number of different factors that may contribute to differences in the initial baseline level of subjective well-being among young people in transition to adulthood. By examining the nature and patterns of these associations, we...

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Happiness: revising set point theory and dynamic equilibrium theory to account for long term change

Headey, Bruce (contributor) - 2006

An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003346302

Individual well-being in a dynamic perspective

D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor); … - 2007

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income. Making full use of the panel data nature of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for well-being depending on absolute and on relative levels of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003439993

Marriage matters spousal similarity in life satisfaction

Schimmack, Ulrich (contributor); Lucas, Richard (contributor) - 2006

Examined the concurrent and cross-lagged spousal similarity in life satisfaction over a 21-year period. Analyses were based on married couples (N = 847) in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Concurrent spousal similarity was considerably higher than oneyear retest similarity, revealing...

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What can happiness research tell us about altruism? : Evidence from the German socio-economic panel

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor); … - 2005

parents' self-reported happiness depends positively, albeit not very strongly, on the happiness of adult children who moved …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002765797

Subjective well-being and relative deprivation : an empirical link

D'Ambrosio, Conchita (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002390091

Are people inequality averse, and do they prefer redistribution by the state? : Evidence from German longitudinal data on life satisfaction ; a revised version

Schwarze, Johannes (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev

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International Happiness

Blanchflower, David G. - 2011

This paper describes the findings from a new, and intrinsically interdisciplinary, literature on happiness and human …

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"Beauty is the Promise of Happiness"?

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2011

We measure the impact of individuals' looks on life satisfaction/happiness. Using five data sets, from the U.S., Canada … beauty. Beauty raises happiness: A one standard-deviation change in beauty generates about 0.10 standard deviations of … additional satisfaction/happiness among men, 0.12 among women. Accounting for a wide variety of covariates, particularly effects …

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Early Maternal Employment and Family Wellbeing

Chatterji, Pinka - 2011

This study uses longitudinal data from the NICHD Study on Early Child Care (SECC) to examine the effects of maternal employment on family well-being, measured by maternal mental and overall health, parenting stress, and parenting quality. First, we estimate the effects of maternal employment on...

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