This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …

observed regional pattern of life satisfaction reflects macroeconomic fundamentals, where labor market conditions play a … satisfaction gap between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing macroeconomic conditions. Moreover, the effects of … comparably high levels of life satisfaction in Northern Germany are driven mostly by couples and go along with significantly …

This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross …

-reported satisfaction measures from a long-running German panel survey, the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), the present study conducts an … empirical test of this assumption. Our matching-based estimation reveals satisfaction trajectories of women who experience the … death of their spouse and identifies the causal effect of widowhood. The average level of satisfaction in a control group of …

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 …

Using life satisfaction as a direct measure of individual utility has become popular in the empirical economic … satisfaction a volatile concept that is affected by minor changes in life circumstances? Or is it a reliable measure of personal … happiness? This paper will analyze the impact of a catastrophe, namely the nuclear catastrophe of Chernobyl, on life …

Using life satisfaction as a direct measure of individual utility has become popular in the empirical economic … satisfaction a volatile concept that is affected by minor changes in life circumstances? Or is it a reliable measure of personal … happiness? This paper will analyze the impact of a catastrophe, namely the nuclear catastrophe of Chernobyl, on life …

This paper provides insight on the relationship between obesity and happiness. Using the latest available cross …

: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction …

: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction …