-being measures (evaluations of best possible life, positive affect, stress, and depression). Drawing upon Gallup World Poll data for … additional association. We also find that having household members abroad is linked with increased stress and depression, which …

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 …

Despite the burgeoning happiness economics literature, scholars have largely ignored explorations of how individuals or …

-being measures (evaluations of best possible life, positive affect, stress, and depression). Drawing upon Gallup World Poll data for … additional association. We also find that having household members abroad is linked with increased stress and depression, which …

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

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 …