This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with …

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with …

People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This … the German Socioeconomic Panel dataset (SOEP), a subjective question on Life Satisfaction, and three different sets of non … economic ladder. By contrast, the Life Satisfaction reaction to changes in economic status is significantly lower among …

People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This … the German Socioeconomic Panel dataset (SOEP), a subjective question on Life Satisfaction, and three different sets of non … economic ladder. By contrast, the Life Satisfaction reaction to changes in economic status is significantly lower among …

groupsare most detrimental to life satisfaction? The analysis is based on data from the 2008 and 2009 pretest modules of the …. The consequences of such comparisons for life satisfaction prove to be negative: the more importance an individual … attaches to income comparisons with reference groups, the lower his or her life satisfaction. Income relative to neighbors and …

aggregate income transition function. Finally, using data from Italy, we test the model and perform a first empirical estimation …

of utility, and lower preferred levels of income redistribution. In societies with a low level of actual social mobility …

Socio-Economic Panel and estimate the substitution by a CES-utility function of general utility/satisfaction. Given this … multinomial logit based on time use diary data of the German Time Use Study 2001/02. One striking result for Germany: the … Substitution mit einer CES-Nutzenfunktion einer generellen Zufriedenheit. Mit dieser Qantifizierung können wir dann singuläre Zeit …

Meinungsforschung eine repräsentative Bevölkerungsumfrage in Deutschland in Auftrag gegeben, um Analysen subjektiver Einschätzungen und … population survey in Germany to facilitate analyses of subjective assessments and experiences of the population in rural and non …

Germany in the eighties and nineties. Special emphasis is given to the separation of permanent and transitory components, the … that 52 to 69 percent of income inequality in West Germany were due to permanent differences between individuals and that … poor individuals stayed in poverty for two years on average. In East Germany, the contribution of the permanent component …