. Our SWB measures encapsulates both life satisfaction and mental health, and we consider both relative and absolute … movements in income. We find that relative income mobility is a significant predictor of life satisfaction and mental health …, whether people move upward or downward. For absolute income, mobility is only a consistent predictor of SWB and mental health …

This empirical investigation into life satisfaction, using nationally representative German panel data, finds a … standard life satisfaction models. The thoughts that individuals have about the future contribute substantially to their … current life satisfaction. In particular, the reduction in life satisfaction experienced by individuals who report being …

the psychological health of our citizens? This paper reports the first large-scale longitudinal research into envy and its … measures of SF-36 mental health and psychological well-being, four main conclusions emerge. First, the young are especially … envy today is a powerful predictor of worse SF-36 mental health and well-being in the future. A change from the lowest to …