Answers to the Eurobarometer question on Life Satisfaction are used to explore the effects of macroeconomic performance … between 2004 and 2011. It is found that variations in national levels of life satisfaction can largely be accounted by a small … number of socio-economic indicators. Life satisfaction is lowest in poor, corrupt countries where income inequality is …

Using panel data from the BHPS and its Understanding Society extension, we study life satisfaction (LS) and income over …

social relations and of the environment, employment, and job satisfaction. In this chapter we survey the economic literature … functionings) approach, the use of subjective life satisfaction measures, and the calculation of equivalent incomes. We discuss the …