Increasing evidence from the empirical economic and psychological literature suggests that positive and negative well-being … analyzing the determinants of subjective well-being. We argue that this conclusion reflects in part the use of too restrictive … asymmetries in single-item measures of subjective well-being. An application to data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for 1984 …

Traditional tools of welfare economics identify the envy-related welfare loss from conspicuous consumption only under … very strong assumptions. Measured income and life satisfaction offers an alternative for estimating such consumption … externalities. The approach is developed in the context of luxury car consumption (Ferraris and Porsches) in Switzerland. Results …

birth and early-life conditions on adulthood outcomes. These latter include both well-being and the stress hormone cortisol …. Employment and marital status are important adult determinants of well-being. Log family income and absence from school also … predict adult well-being, although their importance falls when controlling for adult and birth characteristics. Among the …

spend our time. A relevant question is how this change in time-use affected the well-being of people in general and younger … and the well-being of Jammers, the users of HaikuJAM (HJ), a mobile app that aims to boost emotional well-being using … well-being and their personal development. Our results suggests that the app features attract a specific group of users who …

's subjective well-being unchanged after experiencing traffic accidents. The coefficients of the life satisfaction equation …