variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …

large loss of satisfaction experienced by individuals in old age. …

Economic disruption in East Germany at the time of unification resulted in a noticeable drop in life satisfaction. By … the late 1990s East Germany's life satisfaction had recovered to about its 1990 level, and its shortfall relative to West … Germany was slightly less than that before unification. In West Germany life satisfaction was fairly constant before …

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

Previous research on unemployment and life satisfaction has focused on the effects of unemployment on individuals but … satisfaction in couples over several years. We found that unemployment decreases life satisfaction in both members of the couple … experienced a greater drop in life satisfaction if their partners were employed than if they were unemployed at the time of the …

The thoughts that an individual has about the future contribute substantially to their life satisfaction in a positive … disposition and the potential endogeneity of thoughts and life satisfaction. The reduction in life satisfaction experienced by … individuals' thoughts about the future substantially increases the explanatory power of standard life satisfaction models. Life …

Self-reported satisfaction measures respond to a great variety of socio-demographic characteristics as well as the job … satisfaction not only for the unemployed but also for those out of the labour force and especially those in employment. The focus … of our analyses is on the pattern of life, job and health satisfaction over time and the influence of unemployment rates …