the level of living) and political (satisfaction with democracy) trends on the same time span. In all the studied … satisfaction than in the rest of European Union. Those who started with lower levels increased more, strongly suggesting a … possibility of convergence. A non-economic factor, satisfaction with democracy, mediates the influence of GNI on life satisfaction …

does this help to explain why in the U.S., Germany and some other advanced countries, happiness has been constant for many … income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same istrue but with life satisfaction as the dependant … level of life-satisfaction: income comparisons emerge as much the more important. 3) When in our U.S. analysis we introduce …

. Using long-term panel data for Germany and the United Kingdom, we do not find robust evidence for a relationship between GDP … per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. …

. Using long-term panel data for Germany and the United Kingdom, we do not find robust evidence for a relationship between GDP … per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom …

We evaluate explanations for why Germany grew so quickly in the 1950s. The recent literature has emphasized convergence … ; productivity ; Germany …

experiment. We analyze whether the slow-down in convergence in per capita income between East and West Germany since the mid-1990 …s and the lower international openness of East Germany are linked. We address the endogeneity of openness by adapting …