Economic disruption in East Germany at the time of unification resulted in a noticeable drop in life satisfaction. By … the late 1990s East Germany's life satisfaction had recovered to about its 1990 level, and its shortfall relative to West … Germany was slightly less than that before unification. In West Germany life satisfaction was fairly constant before …

In der ökonomischen Zufriedenheitsforschung wird ein negativer Effekt von Kindern auf die elterliche Zufriedenheit … Arbeitslosigkeit einzufangen. Bei arbeitslosen Väter sinkt deutschlandweit die Zufriedenheit. Arbeitslose Mütter erleben in den alten … weiblichen Erwerbsmustern in Deutschland interpretiert. …

' income divide the German nation. We find that the neighbourhood income effect for West Germany is negative (which is in line … social interactions between neighbours take place. In contrast, the coefficients on neighbourhood income in East Germany are … there is a divide between East and West Germany, but also that neighbours may not be a relevant comparison group in …

In der ökonomischen Zufriedenheitsforschung wird ein negativer Effekt von Kindern auf die elterliche Zufriedenheit … Arbeitslosigkeit einzufangen. Bei arbeitslosen Väter sinkt deutschlandweit die Zufriedenheit. Arbeitslose Mütter erleben in den alten … weiblichen Erwerbsmustern in Deutschland interpretiert. …

unemployment. In total, approximately half of "satisfaction gap" between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing … macroeconomic conditions. In contrast, the comparably high levels of life satisfaction in Northern Germany are driven mostly by …This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a …

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using … satisfaction is on average significantly lower in East than in West German federal states and that part of the raw East-West gap is …

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using … satisfaction is on average significantly lower in East than in West German federal states and that part of the raw East-West gap is …

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using … satisfaction is on average significantly lower in East than in West German federal states and that part of the raw East-West gap is …

"satisfaction gap" between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing macroeconomic conditions. Moreover, we argue that it …This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a … diminishing but still significant gap between East and West Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts. The …

The authors update previous findings on the total East-West gap in overall life satisfaction and its trend by using … satisfaction is on average significantly lower in East than in West German federal states and that part of the raw East-West gap is …