household's monetary financial position on overall life satisfaction and financial well-being, with the latter being measured by … indicate that the household's level of net wealth, assets and debt are important determinants of overall life satisfaction and …This paper explores the importance of the household's financial position for an individual's level of well …

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 …

satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and … to air pollution across similar respondents living in the same county, we find that PM2.5 reduces hedonic happiness and … increases the rate of depressive symptoms, but does not affect life satisfaction. Our results show that the benefits of reducing …

-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the loss of partner, followed by a slow …

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 …

nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported satisfaction with life as dimensions. We find that one third of the German …-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to …

satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower …