expectations over two time periods. Life satisfaction is used as a proxy for mental well-being. To identify a causal effect of …

-being, in particular with life satisfaction, as well as mental and physical health. The effects are strongest for residents who … are older, accounting for up to a third of the size of the effect of being unemployed on life satisfaction. Using data …

Quality of life and satisfaction with life are of particular importance for individuals as well as for society … concerning the “demographic change” with now longer retirement periods. This study will contribute to the life satisfaction … discussion and quantifies life satisfaction and pattern of explanation before and after such a prominent life cycle event, the …

This paper employs a multidimensional approach for the measurement of well-being at the top of the distribution using … nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported satisfaction with life as dimensions. We find that one third of the German …-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to …

satisfaction. We find that both measures are related to mortality risk. However, the effects are quite independent. Thus we argue … that changes in hand grip strength and overall life satisfaction capture two different aspects of health status and its …

We use life satisfaction and Body Mass Index (BMI) information from three waves of the SOEP to test for social … in the utility function be positive. Using life satisfaction as a utility proxy, semi-parametric regressions show that … the correlation between satisfaction and own BMI is initially positive, but turns negative after some threshold …

Using life satisfaction as a direct measure of individual utility has become popular in the empirical economic … satisfaction a volatile concept that is affected by minor changes in life circumstances‘ Or is it a reliable measure of personal … satisfaction. I use longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study and especially information collected on a monthly …