using a large panel data set and controlling for observed and unobserved individual characteristics, we find a large day …

individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two …

-2008). SOEP is the only panel survey worldwide in which data on life satisfaction have been obtained from parents and an adequate …There are strong two-way links between parent and child happiness (life satisfaction), even for 'children' who have … grown up, moved to their own home and partnered themselves. German panel evidence shows that transmission of (un …

implement a fixed-effect estimator for ordinal life satisfaction in the German Socio-Economic Panel. We find strong negative … effects on life satisfaction from being recently fired, losing a spouse through either death or separation and time spent in …We quantify the value of changes in life circumstances in Germany following reunification. To this end, we develop and …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre- and post-government income distribution at the regional level … an excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from …

allows to identify the intrafamily correlation in well-being. The parameters of the model can be estimated with panel data … using Maximum Marginal Likelihood. The approach is illustrated in an application using panel data for the period 1984 …-1997 from the German Socio-Economic Panel in which both inter-generational and intra-marriage correlations in well-being are …

and those with children. However, expectations and realizations of life satisfaction in East Germany had converged by 1995 … large shock to the future prospects of the inhabitants of the former East Germany. We therefore take it as a 'natural …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to … excess burden on middle-income earners. The paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (GSOEP) from 1985 to …

using a large panel data set and controlling for observed and unobserved individual characteristics, we find a large day …

utility in the pecuniary domain leads to an excessive allocation of time to pecuniary goals at the expense of nonpecuniary …