An empirical investigation into the determinants and persistence of happiness and life evaluation
Pawel Chrostek
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Abstract:
A comparison of measures of happiness and life evaluation indicates significant differences in correlates. Life evaluation is less dependent on external circumstances than happiness. Temporary changes in health, labour market status and income have a smaller impact on life evaluation than on happiness. Despite the differences both types of well-being exhibit a positive relation between current and past well-being. This result contradicts the hypothesis of general habituation.
Keywords: hedonic adaptation; subjective well-being; determinants of happiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D0 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-09-25
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