This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with …

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to …

economic ladder. By contrast, the Life Satisfaction reaction to changes in economic status is significantly lower among …People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This … the German Socioeconomic Panel dataset (SOEP), a subjective question on Life Satisfaction, and three different sets of non …

economic ladder. By contrast, the Life Satisfaction reaction to changes in economic status is significantly lower among …People gain utility from occupying a higher ranked position in the income distribution of the reference group. This … the German Socioeconomic Panel dataset (SOEP), a subjective question on Life Satisfaction, and three different sets of non …

even among the upwardly mobile people, and labour market status is also a major element of dissatisfaction and demand for …

concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i …-being depending more on relative satisfaction than on absolute levels of income. This finding holds even after controlling for other …

-economic information of private households in the Federal Republic of Germany. We explain the evolution of income-nonresponse in the GSOEP …