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Choices which change life satisfaction : revising SWB theory to account for change

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2010

Using data from the long-running German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) 1984-2008, this paper analyses the effects of individual preferences and choices on subjective well-being (SWB). It is shown that preferences and choices relating to life goals/values, partner's personality, hours of work,...

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Choices which change life satisfaction : similar results for Australia, Britain and Germany

Headey, Bruce; Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011

Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008859059

Maintaining perceived control with unemployment facilitates future adjustment

Infurna, Frank J.; Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam; Schupp, … - In: Journal of vocational behavior 93 (2016), pp. 103-119

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Comparing the predictive power of subjective and objective health indicators : changes in handgrip strength and overall satisfaction with life as predictors of mortality

Ambrasat, Jens; Schupp, Jürgen; Wagner, Gert G. - 2011

Self-reported measures of health are generally treated as weak measures of respondents' objective health status. On the other hand, most surveys use self-reported health to measure health status and to determine the effects of a range of other socio-economic characteristics of the local...

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Terminal decline in well-being : the role of social orientation

Gerstorf, Denis; Hoppmann, Christiane A.; Löckenhoff, … - 2016

Well-being development at the end of life is often characterized by steep deteriorations, but individual differences in these terminal declines are substantial and not yet well understood. This study moved beyond the typical consideration of health predictors and explored the role of social...

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Terminal decline in well-being : the role of social orientation

Gerstorf, Denis; Hoppmann, Christiane A.; Löckenhoff, … - 2016

Well-being development at the end of life is often characterized by steep deteriorations, but individual differences in these terminal declines are substantial and not yet well understood. This study moved beyond typical consideration of health predictors and explored the role of social...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011500331

Dimensions of Quality of Life in Germany : Measured by Plain Text Responses in a Representative Survey (SOEP)

Wagner, Gert G. - 2017

This paper demonstrates how quality of life can be measured by plain text in a representative survey, the German Socio Economic Panel Study (SOEP). Furthermore, the paper shows that problems that are difficult to monitor, especially problems like the state of the European Union, long-term...

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Alternative Values-Based 'Recipes' for Life Satisfaction : German Results with an Australian Replication

Headey, Bruce - 2018

In most research on Life Satisfaction (LS), it is assumed that the covariates of high and low LS are the same for everyone, or at least everyone in the West. In this paper, analysing data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, with a limited replication based on Australian panel data, we estimate...

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Measuring well-being : W3 Indicators to complement GDP

Giesselmann, Marco; Hilmer, Richard; Siegel, Nico A.; … - 2013

Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an … - is the second least relevant factor as far as registered voters in Germany are concerned. However, the study also shows … relevance of various policy areas for different social groups. -- GDP ; GDP and beyond ; quality of life ; Germany ; TNS …

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Parental well-being in times of Covid-19 in Germany

Huebener, Mathias; Siegel, Nico A.; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - 2020

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