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Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction : A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis

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dc.creator Georgellis, Yannis
dc.creator Diener, Ed
dc.creator Clark, Andrew E.
dc.creator Lucas, Richard E.
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:58:23Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:58:23Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18128
dc.identifier ppn:378405888
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18128
dc.description We use fourteen waves of the German panel data to ask whether individuals, after life and labour market events, return to some baseline wellbeing level. Although the strongest life satisfaction effect is often at the time of the event, significant lag and lead effects are present. Men are more affected by labour market events (unemployment and layoffs) and women by life events (marriage and divorce). Anticipation is an important component of individual wellbeing. Last, we show that happiness does not provide insurance against hard knocks: those with high baseline satisfaction are most adversely affected by negative events.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 371
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Life Satisfaction
dc.subject Anticipation
dc.subject Habituation
dc.subject Baseline Satisfaction
dc.subject Labour Market and Family Events
dc.subject Lebensqualität
dc.subject Lebensverlauf
dc.subject Erwerbsverlauf
dc.subject Familiensoziologie
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction : A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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