Kassenboehmer and DeNew (2012) claim that there is no well-being age U-shape effect for Germany, when controlling for …

This publication concentrates on the complex interplay between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction. Main areas of … autonomy or employment status and also the mentioned life satisfaction. Data used in this publication were made available by … and life satisfaction. (2) Besides, the endogeneity research regarding life satisfaction should be expanded. Reduced form …

In the present paper we attempt to analyse the relationship between "lifestyle" and happiness in the UK using fixed … impact on happiness and the impact remains significant with the use of fixed effects for both genders. This suggests that a … "healthy lifestyle" has a positive impact on happiness and that any policy improving our lifestyle proxies would also make …

In most research on Life Satisfaction (LS), it is assumed that the covariates of high and low LS are the same for …

life satisfaction. Using German household panel data, we find that parental unemployment induced by plant closures and … experienced during early (0-5 years) and late (11-15 years) childhood leads to lower life satisfaction at ages 18-31. Nevertheless …

This paper presents robust evidence that retirement causally improves overall life satisfaction which is subsequently … explained by improvements in satisfaction with one’s financial situation, free time, health, and participation in local … first 3 years. We find that the improvements in financial satisfaction upon retirement are only observed for low …

economic good or bad, and hence serves as a prime example of irrational behavior reducing individual health and happiness … experiment in West Germany, where people in geographically restricted areas received commercial TV via terrestrial frequencies …. Contrary to previous research, we find no health impact when TV consumption increases. For life satisfaction, we even find …

prominent events - is also to discover for life satisfaction before and after retirement in Germany. …Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society … concerning the "demographic change" with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction …

persons report substantially lower levels of life satisfaction than employed persons. When looking at specific types of …

.g., satisfaction with family life, leisure, income, work, health) and affective (e.g., happiness, anger, worry, sadness) components of … contrast to previous papers in the literature, according to which commuting is bad for overall life satisfaction, we find no … evidence that commuting in general is associated with a lower life satisfaction. Rather, it appears that longer commutes are …