The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that household income has statistically significant but … only small effects on measures of subjective well-being. Income, however, is clearly an imperfect measure of the economic … circumstances of households. Using data drawn from the 2001 and 2002 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia …

stress susceptibility. We test our predictions using the 2015 wave of the European Working Condition Survey. We find that … individuals who are more susceptible to stress work harder and have lower subjective well-being. …

-being. A wide range of subjective well-being measures, including happiness, pain, sadness, stress, tiredness, and … with a daughter. The results from Asian fathers in the U.S., in contrast, show a tremendous reduction in stress in …

schooling intensity on student well-being in life and school, perceived stress, mental health indicators and self …-efficacy. Using rich data from the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS), estimates show higher strains for girls in terms of stress …

Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual's consumption opportunities and economic … satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and households' wealth. We contribute to the scarce literature on wealth and … well as debt, have differential effects on life satisfaction, (iii) both wealth levels and wealth holdings relative to …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … revenues. Similarly, the effect of political decentralization on the level of satisfaction with institutions also varies …

association of reduction of income inequality (redistribution) with subjective wellbeing. Their results provide evidence that … people in Europe are negatively affected by income inequality, whereas reduction of inequality has a positive effect on well …-being. Since the authors simultaneously estimate the effects of income inequality and its reduction, their results indicate that …

: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction … income uncertainty from an ex ante point of view. Two different measures of subjective well being are under study … with income is more affected by ex ante than by ex post volatility of income. The ordinal version of the Van Praag approach …

This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …