This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …

We investigate the accuracy of ex ante assessments of vulnerability to income poverty using cross-sectional data and … vulnerability predictions is limited even when panel data are used. In part this low accuracy is due to low poverty incidence and … high mobility in and out of poverty. …

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 …

large loss of satisfaction experienced by individuals in old age. …

observed regional pattern of life satisfaction reflects macroeconomic fundamentals, where labor market conditions play a … satisfaction gap between East and West Germany can be attributed to differing macroeconomic conditions. Moreover, the effects of … comparably high levels of life satisfaction in Northern Germany are driven mostly by couples and go along with significantly …

Empirical analyses of economic inequality, poverty, and mobility in Germany are, to an increas-ing extent, using … reporting, the EU-SILC data are of great international significance for comparative EU-wide measurement, description, and … analysis in support of the European Commission's stated objective of fighting poverty and reducing social inequality through …

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 …