distinguish - controlling for time-constant unobserved heterogeneity - whether there is in fact an effect of marriage on life … satisfaction, whether people who are simply happier in their relationship are more likely to get married, or whether people whose … development in life satisfaction is more positive are more likely to get married. We translate these different social mechanisms …

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 …