activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. -- Comparison ; habituation ; income … ; unemployment ; marriage ; divorce ; health ; religion ; policy …

activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. -- comparison ; habituation ; income … ; unemployment ; marriage ; divorce ; health ; religion ; policy …

in GNP per head. At the same time, a micro literature has typically found positive correlations between individual income … presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to … oneself in the past (habituation). We review the evidence on relative income from the subjective well-being literature. We …

stable EU economies, other people's income affects my utility directly, through comparison effects, whereas in more volatile … average income in one's professional group affects individual subjective well-being negatively in EU countries, whereas the … information effects are predominant from 1990 onwards. This divergent attitude towards other people's income is potentially …

into account that there are different aspects of life such as health, financial situation, and job. We call them domains …, finance, health, leisure, housing, and environment. We distinguish between long-term and short-term effects. Next, we explain … domain satisfactions and Subjective Well-Being by objectively measurable variables such as income. We estimate a model for …

effect of unemployment on life satisfaction. -- ordered response ; panel data ; correlated heterogeneity ; incidental …

effect of unemployment on life satisfaction. -- ordered response ; panel data ; correlated heterogeneity ; incidental …

). These variables include one's state of health, social support and participation, exercise, job satisfaction and satisfaction …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 …