Theory suggests that subjective well-being is affected by income comparisons and adaptation to income. Empirical tests …, reference income, and income adaptation. Models simultaneously controlling for income and income rank as well as models with 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 wellbeing. People show substantial adaptation to a higher labor income but not to …

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 causes of poverty entry which are unambiguously associated with adaptation to poverty. …

prediction errors that are at least partly driven by unforeseen adaptation. …

Using German panel data and relying on internal relocation, this paper investigates the anticipation and adaptation of … anticipation of SWB before the event of migration, but a highly significant and sustained positive adaptation effect. In general …

experience anticipation or adaptation effects at all. Comparing outright homebuyers to debt-financing owners, we show that having …

This paper provides one of the first tests of adaptation to the complete set of residential transitions. We use long … renters who move without changing tenure status. Regarding housing satisfaction, we only uncover evidence of some adaptation …

time of the event, we find significant lag and lead effects. We cannot reject the hypothesis of complete adaptation to … marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment for … patterns of anticipation and adaptation are remarkably similar by sex. …

change in the satisfaction judgments resulting from adaptation to income over time. Adaptation is defined to be … framework is introduced that provides empirical estimates for the rate of adaptation using data from the Socio-Economic Panel …

Study (SOEP), the estimation of a dynamic panel data model provides evidence that adaptation takes place within a relatively … short window of time: changes in living conditions are, for the most part, absorbed by an adjustment of the adaptation level …