We consider the link between poverty and subjective well-being, and focus in particular on potential adaptation to … of adaptation within a poverty spell: poverty starts bad and stays bad in terms of subjective well-being. We cannot … identify any cause of poverty entry which explains the overall lack of poverty adaptation. …

. This signaling might be used as adaptation to the new economic and social environment or to gain access to social capital. …

freedom of choice, low levels of democratization, unemployment, low income, etc. Second, considering people's adaptation to … human well-being and the phenomenon of adaptation. Many challenges, of course, remain. First, we are only at the beginning … of understanding variation in the process of adaptation. The modeling of happiness over the life course promises a …

asymmetries in adaptation is proposed as an important driver. The theoretical analysis is consistent with econometric evidence on … commuting choice using data on subjective well-being. People show substantial adaptation to a higher labor income but not to …

may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …

reference to measure the degree of adaptation to widowhood. In the second step, the life satisfaction trajectories of both …

Economics ignores the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks). This … on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing. Adaptation to severe disability, however, is shown to be incomplete. The …