We estimate household equivalence scales using income satisfaction data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We extend … reference effects in the determination of income satisfaction. We show that this adjustment helps to overcome a bias causing an …

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 …

evidence that EPL has significant indirect (cross-)effects on life satisfaction via the mediators. There are no indications for …

an aggregation based on how individual dimensions of welfare relate to average life satisfaction across regions, which …

self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more … that unemployment affects life satisfaction and experienced utility differently may be explained by the fact that people do …, triggered by the opportunity to use the time in a way that yields higher levels of satisfaction than working. -- Unemployment …

reduces a person's current life satisfaction even after the person has become reemployed. Our results suggest that the scar … it "scaresʺ. -- Unemployment ; scarring ; happiness ; life satisfaction …