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

until leaving welfare status. We utilize life satisfaction to track such factors. The German PASS-ADIAB dataset combines … covariates, we find that life satisfaction of in-work benefit recipientsis negatively associated with job search, whereas the … life satisfaction. …

-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the loss of partner, followed by a slow …

moderators of widowhood's impact on well-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the …