Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the nonpecuniary life satisfaction … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …

perception of belonging to a specific social group) and, consequently, feelings of personal happiness and subjective well …

perception of belonging to a specific social group) and, consequently, feelings of personal happiness and subjective well …

While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is … not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can … increase the happiness of the unemployed. To close this gap, this paper estimates the causal effect of a type of subsidized …

institutionalized career disruptions on life satisfaction. Drawing on data from the SOEP, we apply a difference-in-differences design … (comparing young males and females) to assess the causal effect of this reform on individual life satisfaction. Our results show … a significant and robust positive effect of the abolition of compulsory service on young males' life satisfaction …

their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …. Assuming that lockdowns constrain married people to spend time solely with their spouses, simulations show that their happiness …