Abstract On January 1, 2015, a new statutory minimum wage of€ 8.50 per hour of work was
introduced in Germany. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, we estimate effects on …

The paper presents evidence of a positive but very small long-run relationship between
income growth and happiness. Such finding is usually presented as a refutation of the …

Как показывают многие исследования последних десятилетий, пара-докс Истерлина в
динамической форме свойственен многим странам Европы и США: удовлетворенность …

An individual's economic ill fare can be assessed both objectively, looking at one's income
with reference to a poverty line, or subjectively, on the basis of the individual's perceived …

Daylight savings time represents a public good with costs and benefits. We provide the first
comprehensive examination of the welfare effects of the spring and autumn transitions for …

Static fixed effects estimation of life satisfaction often gives rise to serial correlation in the
residuals, indicating omitted dynamics. Rather than correcting the standard errors,“to make …

This study discusses and employs dynamic panel data to investigate life satisfaction. A key
result is that approximately 90% of the impact of any commonly measured variable on well …

The ubiquity of social media and the varying nature of subjective well-being (SWB) in a
culturally heterogeneous world raises an essential question about how social media and …

The perceptions of individuals regarding their own economic situation are sometimes used
to measure individuals' welfare or standard of living, thereby complementing the …

I study yearly changes in personal well-being combining data on current, retrospective and
prospective life satisfaction from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Predicted and …