). 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 …

and those with children. However, expectations and realizations of life satisfaction in East Germany had converged by 1995 … large shock to the future prospects of the inhabitants of the former East Germany. We therefore take it as a "natural …

This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …

While there is mounting evidence that large income shocks, e.g. in the form of a job loss, may impact health and … income constant, and health. This paper exploits rich survey data on the near-elderly in Canada paired with their … mortality, little evidence exist on the potential relationship between sustained income volatility, keeping average lifetime …

American countries. Main obtained results show a positive correlation between higher levels of income and health, being married … find proper information on developing countries reality. In our analysis we investigate the relationship between income …, family composition, health and religion over subjective well-being in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile and Uruguay …

entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …

In this paper we investigate how life satisfaction (or happiness) is affected by a substantial increase in real income … from the German Socio-Economic Panel we find that average life satisfaction in East Germany increased by around 20% between …. Our context is East Germany in the decade following reunification, and we implement a new fixed-effect estimator for …

the psychological health of our citizens? This paper reports the first large-scale longitudinal research into envy and its … measures of SF-36 mental health and psychological well-being, four main conclusions emerge. First, the young are especially … envy today is a powerful predictor of worse SF-36 mental health and well-being in the future. A change from the lowest to …