The thoughts that an individual has about the future contribute substantially to their life satisfaction in a positive … disposition and the potential endogeneity of thoughts and life satisfaction. The reduction in life satisfaction experienced by … individuals' thoughts about the future substantially increases the explanatory power of standard life satisfaction models. Life …

community as well as policymakers. This Weekly Report investigates the income, work, and health satisfaction of the German … satisfaction as well as income, work, and health satisfaction have either increased or remained constant since 2004. However …, differences between groups, some quite significant, still remain, especially in terms of health satisfaction. Comparatively, low-income …

poverty. We use panel data on almost 45,800 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2011 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …

panel data on 49,000 individuals living in Germany from 1992 to 2012 to uncover three empirical relationships. First, life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …

disposable income and a gain of leisure time - and the psychological (and cultural) notion of the lonely, sad empty nester. This … conflict is an empirical question and here it is resolved via an assessment of the change in life satisfaction that is reported … goes on to do: The found reduced life satisfaction seems to be wholly moderated if the last child leaves the nest for the …

disposable income and a gain of leisure time - and the psychological (and cultural) notion of the lonely, sad empty nester. This … conflict is an empirical question and here it is resolved via an assessment of the change in life satisfaction that is reported … goes on to do: The found reduced life satisfaction seems to be wholly moderated if the last child leaves the nest for the …

poverty. We use panel data on almost 54,000 individuals living in Germany from 1985 to 2012 to show first that life … satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …

income distribution. However, it has become increasingly recognised, both at the academic and political level, that focusing … purely on income provides a limited picture of social progress. We illustrate how ex-ante policy evaluation can be performed … in terms of richer concepts of individual well-being, such as subjective life satisfaction and equivalent incomes. Our …