satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life …

satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …: for a given number of years in poverty, satisfaction is lower when the years are linked together. As such, poverty …

poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost …

satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life …

This paper evaluates the importance of middle class vulnerability to poverty for subjective well-being (happiness) in … the lower income bound of the middle class (75% of the national median income) and not the poverty line (60% of the median …