There is a well-established positive correlation between life-satisfaction measures and income in individual level … estimates suggesting that most of the association of income and well-being is causal. -- life satisfaction ; well-being … from money to happiness. I use industry wage differentials as instruments for income. This is based on the idea that at …

analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index …Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is …. Underweight women earn more and overweight less than others. For normal-weight men the income is on average higher than for over …

higher among foreign-born workers, reflecting weaker labor market attachment and high risk of large negative shocks for low-income … generosity and usage of benefit programs declined over time, we find stronger earnings growth among low-income workers …