We use personality traits to better understand the relationship between income and life satisfaction. Personality … traits mediate the effect of income on life satisfaction. The effect of neuroticism, which measures sensitivity to threat and … a simple model based on Prospect Theory, where we assume that: (i) life satisfaction is dependent on the gap between …

satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas forced job changes do not affect life satisfaction clearly. Using plant closures … satisfaction with family life. By investigating people's lives beyond their workplaces, our study complements research on the well …

This paper empirically examines life satisfaction in Benedictine monasteries in Germany from the perspective of … happiness research in economics. A dataset of 154 Benedictine nuns is analyzed. The main objective is to identify the most … important determinants of happiness of Benedictines and to empirically evaluate the hypothesis that they have very high …

individuals in both the UK and Germany experience deteriorations in life satisfaction in the first week after the spring … examination of the welfare effects of the spring and autumn transitions for the UK and Germany. Using individual-level data and a … regression discontinuity design, we estimate the effect of the transitions on life satisfaction. Our results show that …

household's monetary financial position on overall life satisfaction and financial well-being, with the latter being measured by … financial satisfaction and subjective prosperity. Taking into account monetary factors in addition to income, the results … indicate that the household's level of net wealth, assets and debt are important determinants of overall life satisfaction and …

Previous research on unemployment and life satisfaction has focused on the effects of unemployment on individuals but … satisfaction in couples over several years. We found that unemployment decreases life satisfaction in both members of the couple … experienced a greater drop in life satisfaction if their partners were employed than if they were unemployed at the time of the …