We show that personality traits mediate the effect of income on Life Satisfaction. The effect is strong in the case of … results, we present a simple model where we assume that (i) Life Satisfaction is dependent from the gap between aspired and … that the gap between aspired and realized income increase with aspirations. From the estimation of this model we argue that …

sensitive to simple parameter changes. Using large-scale panel data from Germany and the UK, I report cases where plausible … variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …

Answers to the Eurobarometer question on Life Satisfaction are used to explore the effects of macroeconomic performance … between 2004 and 2011. It is found that variations in national levels of life satisfaction can largely be accounted by a small … number of socio-economic indicators. Life satisfaction is lowest in poor, corrupt countries where income inequality is …

inequality observed in Germany between 1992 and 2007, using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) database, deriving the …

sensitive to simple parameter changes. Using large-scale panel data from Germany and the UK, I report cases where plausible … variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank … Deutschland und Großbritannien zeige ich Fälle, in denen plausible Veränderungen der zugrundeliegenden Einkommensart …