most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

life satisfaction. Unemployed men were the least satisfied, followed by men who were not in the labour market, while men in … leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant … satisfaction, compared with women in other labour-market statuses. Our results lend evidence to the contention that men can "have …

the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and demographic variables. The paper contributes to the … ongoing discussion of the relationship between life satisfaction and income. The panel property of the data makes it possible … to study also the impact on satisfaction from income changes as well as the impact from acceleration in income and …

novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB for colleagues, people in the same occupation and friends, but not …

the comparison group is an important determinant of an individual's level of overall life satisfaction and financial well … household's monetary financial position on overall life satisfaction and financial well-being, with the latter being measured by … financial satisfaction and subjective prosperity. Taking into account monetary factors in addition to income, the results …