The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using … satisfaction is on average significantly lower in East than in West German federal states and that part of the raw East-West gap is …

We analyse the convergence and heterogeneity of living standards between East and West Germany since unification. Based …, including retirees and the unemployed, of East and West Germany over the fifteen years for which data are available. Using a … highest negative income gap. This probably reflects out-migration from East Germany by the young and highly skilled. On the …

East and West Germany. As expected, there are substantial differences with respect to all three of these measures … or redistributive preferences. Nonetheless, individuals from East Germany tend to be more supportive of state …

This paper delivers new insights into the development of income inequality and regional stratification in Germany after … apply this method together with a jackknife estimation of standard errors. We find that East Germany is still a stratum on … variation within West Germany. Overall, these findings are important for the political discussion with respect to a potential …

There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have …. However, the life satisfaction of adult 'children' continues to be directly influenced by the life satisfaction of their … indicate that the life satisfaction of offspring can significantly affect the satisfaction of their parents, as well as vice …

data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …

regime for life satisfaction in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. We also calculate a monetary … a persistent but differential effect on life satisfaction …

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 …