Satisfaction with Life and Economic Well-Being: Evidence from Germany
The relationship between an individual's economic well-being and satisfaction with own life has been the focus of many studies both within and across countries, in one period of time and over time. As a proxy of economic well-being household income both adjusted and unadjusted for household needs has been generally used. The aim of the present paper is to propose a more comprehensive measure of well-being considering the role that wealth and permanent income play in simultaneously determining satisfaction with life. The results, based on representative microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), suggest that both income and wealth increase satisfaction, that long-run income is more appropriate than short-term income and that satisfaction with life is particularly high for those who are at the top of both the income and wealth distributions.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Satisfaction with Life and Economic Well-Being: Evidence from Germany ; volume:129 ; number:2 ; year:2009 ; pages:283-295
Schmollers Jahrbuch ; 129, Heft 2 (2009), 283-295
- DOI
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10.3790/schm.129.2.283
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023013010033268002677
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:27 AM CEST
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