satisfaction for subjective well-being (SWB) and relative income and employment security for objective well-being (OWB). We ran …

as when it is low. Likewise, the strongly harmful impact of being unemployed on well-being does not wear off over time …

This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … short window of time: changes in living conditions are, for the most part, absorbed by an adjustment of the adaptation level … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …

lifestyle have substantial and similar effects on life satisfaction. The results have negative implications for a widely … population has recorded substantial and apparently permanent changes in life satisfaction (Fujita and Diener, 2005; Headey, 2008a …

satisfaction. We find that both measures are related to mortality risk. However, the effects are quite independent. Thus we argue … that changes in hand grip strength and overall life satisfaction capture two different aspects of health status and its …

results suggest that the variation of Germans' well-being between 1996 and 2007 is well predicted by changes over time of … large loss of satisfaction experienced by individuals in old age. …

This paper uses concurrently and - for the first time - retrospectively reported life satisfaction from the 1984 to … satisfaction reported in the literature so far are likely underestimated. At the same time, the empirical findings cast doubts on … correlation of unemployment and subjective life satisfaction. It is found that unemployed individuals do not only report …

-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to … nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported satisfaction with life as dimensions. We find that one third of the German …

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 …