Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …

Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the nonpecuniary life satisfaction … makes people generally better off than being unemployed, but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction …

institutionalized career disruptions on life satisfaction. Drawing on data from the SOEP, we apply a difference-in-differences design … (comparing young males and females) to assess the causal effect of this reform on individual life satisfaction. Our results show … a significant and robust positive effect of the abolition of compulsory service on young males' life satisfaction …

their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …. Assuming that lockdowns constrain married people to spend time solely with their spouses, simulations show that their happiness …

children's long-term life satisfaction. The historical setting under study, namely the former German Democratic Republic (GDR … positive parental leave effects on life satisfaction. We also analyze whether the increase in life satisfaction is driven by a … in life satisfaction might be partially explained by personality development for individuals from low socioeconomic …