asked to value on a finite scale their satisfaction with their own lives, a question that psychologists have long and often … have been using thismeasure of self-reported satisfaction as a proxy for utility so as to contribute to a better … understanding of individuals’ tastes and hopefully behavior. By means of satisfaction questions we can elicit information on …

satisfaction with life to the same extent as a change in health satisfaction would do. In other words, we estimate the income … equivalent of health changes. Next, the health satisfaction changes are linked to specific diseases in order to estimate the … income equivalent for various diseases. This method uses answers to well-being and health satisfaction questions as posed in …

unobservable individual characteristics (panel data) and by using two measures of satisfaction (life and financial satisfaction …) and two definitions of reference group. By comparing results between satisfaction measures and across definitions of … literature, we find strong evidence of relative deprivation in financial satisfaction of all individuals in Tanzania, and …

Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective well-being - life satisfaction and emotional well-being - separately to … obtain a more comprehensive view of the subjective impact of workfare jobs. Our results show that the life satisfaction of …