We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on the role of time. We use … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

This paper analyses the duration of child poverty in Germany. In our sample, we observe the entire income history from … the individuals' birth to their coming of age at age 18. Therefor we are able to analyze dynamics in and out of poverty … poverty exit and re-entry to be correlated even after controlling for observable characteristics and also account for …