TY - JOUR
T1 - The anatomy of subjective well-being
AU - van Praag, B. M.S.
AU - Frijters, P.
AU - Ferrer-i-Carbonell, A.
PY - 2003/5/1
Y1 - 2003/5/1
N2 - This paper contributes to the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) by taking into account different aspects of life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two-layer model where individual total SWB depends on the different subjective domain satisfactions. A distinction is made between long-term and short-term effects. The individual domain satisfactions depend on objectively measurable variables, such as income. The model is estimated using a large German panel data set.
AB - This paper contributes to the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) by taking into account different aspects of life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two-layer model where individual total SWB depends on the different subjective domain satisfactions. A distinction is made between long-term and short-term effects. The individual domain satisfactions depend on objectively measurable variables, such as income. The model is estimated using a large German panel data set.
KW - Health satisfaction
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Qualitative regressors
KW - Satisfaction measurement
KW - Subjective well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037403489&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00140-3
DO - 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00140-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-2681
VL - 51
SP - 29
EP - 49
JO - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
JF - Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
IS - 1
ER -