half decades (1990-2014). We considered three main pillars of welfare - health, income & consumption, education - and we …

British Cohort Study (1970). The most powerful childhood predictor of adult life-satisfaction is the child's emotional health … implications for educational policy. Among adult circumstances, family income accounts for only 0.5% of the variance of life …-satisfaction. Mental and physical health are much more important. …

also at educational and health aspirations.  Like earlier studies we find that income aspirations increase with both the … aspired to education.  However, with respect to health, we find that people aspire to more rather than less health when …Econometric analyses of European datasets suggest that income aspirations increase with current income.  This finding …

income and parental education) remain good predictors of well-being over 50 years later. In terms of the proximal covariates … latter: happiness and eudaimonia. Even after controlling for proximal covariates, outcomes at age 18 (IQ score, parental …, mental health and social participation are the strongest predictors of both measures of well-being in older age. However …

While there is mounting evidence that large income shocks, e.g. in the form of a job loss, may impact health and … income constant, and health. This paper exploits rich survey data on the near-elderly in Canada paired with their … mortality, little evidence exist on the potential relationship between sustained income volatility, keeping average lifetime …

community as well as policymakers. This Weekly Report investigates the income, work, and health satisfaction of the German … satisfaction as well as income, work, and health satisfaction have either increased or remained constant since 2004. However …, differences between groups, some quite significant, still remain, especially in terms of health satisfaction. Comparatively, low-income …

entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …

entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …

housing on health and on income? How do we choose between policies in completely different areas, such as an education policy … and a health policy? Treasury's Living Standards Framework provides one possible starting point, but it provides little …