satisfaction and affect are more than twice as sensitive to negative economic growth as compared to positive growth. We use Gallup …

We use personality traits to better understand the relationship between income and life satisfaction. Personality … traits mediate the effect of income on life satisfaction. The effect of neuroticism, which measures sensitivity to threat and … a simple model based on Prospect Theory, where we assume that: (i) life satisfaction is dependent on the gap between …

. This entry also briefly discusses: recent history of well-being measurement; what makes people better off in theory; the …

less happy than employed people and their reduction in life satisfaction is the larger, the stronger the norm is. …

Many validation studies deal with item-nonresponse and measurement error in earnings data. In this paper we explore …

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 …