Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the …

previously published for other countries are generally supported. Unemployment has a strongly depressing effect on happiness. A … higher income level raises happiness, however, only to a small extent. …

enjoy the corresponding procedural utility. Utility is measured by individuals reported subjective well-being or happiness …

This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people's preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction … these countries depresses life satisfaction in a sizeable and robust way. However, the calculation of the trade-off between …