Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good …-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether individuals' height is associated with higher or lower levels of life-satisfaction …. In simple models there is a positive but concave relationship between height and life satisfaction. However it is shown …

health and human capital. -- Height ; Depression ; Well-being ; Life satisfaction ; Health … reported by individuals and a categorical measure of life satisfaction. It is shown that there is a concave relationship … demographics, human capital and health status. While parsimonious models suggest that height is protective against depression, the …

Answers to the Eurobarometer question on Life Satisfaction are used to explore the effects of macroeconomic performance … between 2004 and 2011. It is found that variations in national levels of life satisfaction can largely be accounted by a small … number of socio-economic indicators. Life satisfaction is lowest in poor, corrupt countries where income inequality is …

markers of mental health on the other. Over the longer term, 1975-2011, there was no upward trend in self-reported life … satisfaction despite the secular improvement in living standards. While higher unemployment reduced life satisfaction over the … life satisfaction. There is no evidence that admission rates to psychiatric hospitals are affected by changes in economic …

The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being. A consistent pattern …