increases the incomes, life satisfaction, and freedom perceptions of those who move. Credibly assessing whether leaving …

We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …'s political war of 2007 may have mired the country's positive life satisfaction experiences related to EU membership. We also show …

life satisfaction. Using German household panel data, we find that parental unemployment induced by plant closures and … experienced during early (0-5 years) and late (11-15 years) childhood leads to lower life satisfaction at ages 18-31. Nevertheless …

satisfaction differentials between transition and non-transition economies. In this paper, I specifically examine the life … satisfaction gap between post-socialist and advanced countries and the role of political institutions in explaining this gap. My … results imply that both macroeconomic factors and the rule of law explain the overall life satisfaction differential between …

Most of the studies on subjective well-being focus on the determinants of absolute life satisfaction or happiness …