We decompose the persistent satisfaction gap between East and West Germany into effects of objective circumstances and … of residence. Using about 420,000 observations, 1990-2016, we find 54.4 percent of the satisfaction gap to be … contribution of mentality to the satisfaction gap being 81.2 percent in this cohort group. While the circumstance-related gap …

European countries. We do so by estimating country-panel equations for mean life satisfaction that include trend and cyclical … between per capita GDP and life satisfaction over time which is positive for poorer countries, but flat (or negative) for …

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 … discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of explanation before and after such a prominent life cycle event, the …

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 … discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of explanation before and after such a prominent life cycle event, the …

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 … discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of explanation before and after such a prominent life cycle event, the …

In this paper we estimate the causal effect of having brothers as compared to having sisters on individuals' happiness … individuals' happiness. Specifically, having one more brother rather than one sister increases one's self reported happiness by 0 …

In this paper, we test the conventional wisdom in developing countries of 'more children, more happiness' by exploiting …) measured with either life satisfaction or depression mood. The effect is channelled by raising their satisfaction with children … parents' life satisfaction is heterogenous to sex composition, first-birth gender, and parents' age. Our study provides new …

significantly improved the overall life satisfaction of low-income non-elderly adults. Various sensitivity checks and falsification …

matters for children’s life satisfaction. The results suggest that children are more satisfied with life the more income their … greater returns from addressing satisfaction gaps experienced during school holidays and focussing on British/Irish white …