, questions relate to happiness, in others, to individual well-being or satisfaction or to both happiness and satisfaction. In the … wording clearly matters: each subject self-reports her/his own happiness, life satisfaction, and well-being differently. We …

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

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

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. …

: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction …

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 …

data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …

data, we compare people's forecast of their life satisfaction in five years' time to their actual realisations later on …