provides a clear direction of causality from social conditions to health, and in a second stage to well-being. Natives and … health predicts higher happiness by 1.72 point or 0.82 of a standard deviation, more than four times the happiness difference … of changing employment status from unemployed to employed. Studying life satisfaction yields similar results. Health …

In the present paper we attempt to analyse the relationship between "lifestyle" and happiness in the UK using fixed … effects and granger causality tests to test for endogeneity. We split the analysis by gender and find different effects … impact on happiness and the impact remains significant with the use of fixed effects for both genders. This suggests that a …

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 …