In a new survey we ask respondents, after a standard Subjective Well‐Being (SWB) question, if they can think of changes in their lives that would improve their SWB score. If the SWB score is just one argument among others in the respondents' goals in life, they should easily find ways to...

Static fixed effects estimation of life satisfaction often gives rise to serial correlation in the residuals, indicating omitted dynamics. Rather than correcting the standard errors, “to make them robust,” this study explores dynamic panel analysis to incorporate the otherwise omitted...

In a new survey we ask respondents, after a standard Subjective Well‐Being (SWB) question, if they can think of changes in their lives that would improve their SWB score. If the SWB score is just one argument among others in the respondents' goals in life, they should easily find ways to...

Die Arbeit analysiert die These, dass subjektive Einschatzungen der kognitivbilanzierenden Lebenszufriedenheit kaum valide Informationen uber die tatsachliche Lebensqualitat der Befragungspersonen liefern, da subjektive Einschatzungen durch kurzfristig wirksame Kontextereignisse und die...

This article estimates the subjective well‐being of the oasis, peripheral and border region of Drâa‐Tafilalet in Morocco through sentiment analysis of its media coverage. We extracted nearly 174,000 articles published between October 1991 and September 2020 from the website of a Moroccan...

Recent research on ‘happiness’ regression equations has shown how monetary values can be put on the well-being effects of many life events (like health problems, marriage or the death of a spouse). Potentially, such work has practical implications for policy‐makers and the courts. However,...

Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in wellbeing has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well‐being...

This article exploits British Household Panel Survey data to explore trends in subjective well‐being of young people aged 11‐15 over the period 1994‐2008. Two dimensions of subjective well‐being are measured using multi‐dimensional scales representing ‘happiness’ and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a new theory of human nature to explain the happiness paradox of capitalism. Design/methodology/approach – It is argued that happiness crisis in capitalism stems from the lack of full understanding of human nature which is like a black box from...

The objective of this study is to determine whether specific industries across countries or within countries are more likely to reach a stage of profitability and make a successful exit. In particular, we assess whether firms in certain industries are more prone to exit via IPO, be acquired, or...