the satisfaction people express with their freedom of choice. Using a sample of 133 countries over the period 2008 … related to satisfaction with freedom above and below a threshold level. Freedom of assembly is more positive for satisfaction … institutions are complementary with culture, income and the political system in generating satisfaction with freedom. …

citizen, as well as the transmission mechanisms through which policies and institutions affect life satisfaction. We find that …

While previous research examines how institutions matter for general life satisfaction and how specific institutions … embodying equal rights for gay people matter for the life satisfaction of gays, we combine these two issues to analyze how the … latter type of institutions relates to general life satisfaction. The question is how people in general are affected by laws …

This paper asks to what extent life satisfaction among immigrants remains similar to that in their country of origin … satisfaction from the country of origin is strong for migrants from developed countries and close to zero for migrants from …

This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … matters does overall not affect life satisfaction. However, women are more satisfied with their lives when discriminatory … satisfaction …