self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new … entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction” with their start-up—not because their start-up fails to deliver financial returns, but …-financial incentives of entrepreneurs. While financial success is the most important determinant of start-up satisfaction, achievement of …

The main purpose of the present paper is to disentangle the mix-up of the notions of success and satisfaction which is … relationship and measurement. We show that satisfaction contains success as one component, and that both coincide under the … satisfaction. In the context of the discussion of both notions we also address their relationship to different types of luck. …

, and overall life satisfaction? Labor supply and corresponding demand are fundamental to production. Labor economists know …

This paper uses Japanese data which includes measures of self-declared satisfaction, reference-group income, and the … colleagues, and compare their incomes more. The relationship between satisfaction and others' income is negative, and more … cell-mean income in explaining satisfaction, and would arguably make a useful addition to many existing surveys. …

zusammenfassende Bewertung der nachhaltigen Zufriedenheit des Gründers mit der Selbstständigkeit. Unter Verwendung eines großzahligen … durchgehend als wichtigste Größe für die nachhaltige Zufriedenheit. Die empirische Analyse wendet Logitmodelle an, ergänzende … thereby implies the entrepreneur's overall satisfaction with his or her self-employment. Using a large sample of 1,332 start …

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. …

groupsare most detrimental to life satisfaction? The analysis is based on data from the 2008 and 2009 pretest modules of the …. The consequences of such comparisons for life satisfaction prove to be negative: the more importance an individual … attaches to income comparisons with reference groups, the lower his or her life satisfaction. Income relative to neighbors and …