in the effect of happiness gaps: couples are more likely to break-up when the difference in life satisfaction is …This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts … divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we …

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

This paper estimates the effect of physical violence and property crimes on subjective well-being in Australia. Our … heterogeneous effect of victimisation along the whole distribution of well-being. Using fixed effects panel estimation, we find that …

The time allocated to household chores is substantial, with the burden falling disproportionately upon women. Further … allocation decisions and evaluations of their lot. Using Australian data, we employ a two-stage estimation procedure to examine … how deviations from housework norms relate to couples' satisfaction. In stage one, we model housework time to identify …

This paper investigates immigrant assortative mating and relationship satisfaction. Using a modified random effects …

reported happiness levels. In analysing the determinants of happiness, we argue that it is important to control for dynamics … and initial conditions. The latter arguably measures an initial setpoint of happiness which the psychological literature …

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 …

Using longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2013) we … satisfaction. We employ two alternative classifications of the dynamic trajectories of disability and, in doing so, are able to …

samples for two different countries – Australia (the HILDA Survey) and the UK (the UK Household Longitudinal Study) – are used … to estimate a simultaneous equations model of life satisfaction. The model allows for self-reported sexual identity to … influence a measure of life satisfaction both directly and indirectly through seven different channels: (i) income; (ii …

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …, Britain and Germany to broaden the analysis. We ask first how many of those in the lowest levels of life-satisfaction suffer …