type="main" xml:id="obes12039-abs-0001" <title type="main">Abstract</title> <p>Self-reported life satisfaction is highly heterogeneous across similar countries, a phenomenon that may be explained by the different scales and benchmarks that people use to evaluate themselves. This study uses cross-sectional data gathered from...</p>

Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey 1991-95, this study finds that 9 percent of all workers report a promotion at their firm in any given year and that promotions account for approximately 36 percent of total job turnover, with small gender differences. Workers who...