attitudes to focus less on objective variables and more on subjective well-being (SWB). Studies investigating life satisfaction …

at the upper quantiles. -- quantile regressions ; subjective well-being ; happiness ; life satisfaction ; mental well …

income effect differing between richer and poor individuals. The analysis uses a self-reported measure of satisfaction with …

variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …

satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. We then reveal that there is little evidence …

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 …: for a given number of years in poverty, satisfaction is lower when the years are linked together. As such, poverty …

variations in the underlying income type substantially affect tests of the relationship between life satisfaction, income rank …