Standard household economics assumes that couples pool their incomes and share the sum equally, which is a necessary … satisfaction. Concerning the relation between income sharing and income pooling, I account not only for the dominance of pooling … advancement of this paper is the use of panel data, which enables me to account for unobserved heterogeneity at the household …

Two-way causation issues are the bete noire of life satisfaction research. As acknowledged in several landmark reviews …, many variables routinely reported as causes or determinants of life satisfaction could equally well be consequences, or …). These variables include one's state of health, social support and participation, exercise, job satisfaction and satisfaction …

satisfaction and exposure to risk of dying. Application of the test using two sets of survey data from Germany and Australia … Deutschland und Australien ergibt keine Bestätigung für den von Pratt und Zeckhauser behaupteten Effekt. …

An adequate theory of happiness or subjective well-being (SWB) needs to link at least three sets of variables: stable … person characteristics (including personality traits), life events and measures of well-being (life satisfaction, positive … satisfaction. Using these data, the paper suggests a major revision to the set point or dynamic equilibrium theory of SWB in order …