Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the …

This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic … children appear to compare their actual economic status with that of their parents, deriving large satisfaction gains from an … be ifluenced by their children's income rank. -- happiness ; income norm ; subjective well-being …

This paper assesses the effects of different health conditions on happiness. Based on a large data set for Latin … stronger effects than physical problems, likely because people can adapt better to one-time shocks than to constant uncertainty …. The negative effects of health conditions are very large when compared to the effects of income on happiness. While higher …

living in six Argentine cities. While no relationship is found between happiness and victimization experiences, a correlation …

Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the … study of whether the income effect depend on a person’s happiness. In this paper we pinpoint the shortcomings of standard …

for the years 2000-2004, find that the parents’ self-reported happiness depends positively on the happiness of their adult … children. A one standard deviation move in the child’s happiness has the same effect as a 45 percent move in household income …