This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in … Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older … for the oldest old. This decline is primarily attributable to low levels of perceived health. Once cohort effects are also …

This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in … Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older … for the oldest old. This decline is primarily attributable to low levels of perceived health. Once cohort effects are also …

life are quantified in a multidimensional approach of poverty and wealth: Individual income, current health, occupational … supposed. Major findings: An initial rise in life satisfaction can improve income and health, but not job autonomy. However …

income and parental education) remain good predictors of well-being over 50 years later. In terms of the proximal covariates …, mental health and social participation are the strongest predictors of both measures of well-being in older age. However …

ongoing discussion of the relationship between life satisfaction and income. The panel property of the data makes it possible … to study also the impact on satisfaction from income changes as well as the impact from acceleration in income and … the survey to the next. We find a strong impact from the level of income in all countries, an impact from change and …

important effects from a number of demographic variables. -- Satisfaction ; income ; labour market status ; health … ongoing discussion of the relationship between life satisfaction and income. The panel property of the data makes it possible … to study also the impact on satisfaction from income changes as well as the impact from acceleration in income and …

ongoing discussion of the relationship between life satisfaction and income. The panel property of the data makes it possible … to study also the impact on satisfaction from income changes as well as the impact from acceleration in income and … the survey to the next. We find a strong impact from the level of income in all countries, an impact from change and …

life satisfaction and income utilizing also the panel property of the data. We find an impact from the level of income only … change in income has a significant impact on satisfaction. For all countries in the panel we find a significant impact from … the change in the individual income situation over the last year. We find a strong impact from changes in labour force …

who are wage-employed or out of the labour force. General health is a strong determinant of life satisfaction but the … differences among the groups remain when we control for health related variables. Further, the self-employed report higher job …