Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18128 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 371
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
Life Satisfaction
Anticipation
Habituation
Baseline Satisfaction
Labour Market and Family Events
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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