This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjective satisfaction indicators from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Moreover, we analyze how accurate individuals anticipate changes in satisfaction around retirement, as well as the correlation between the forecast error in life satisfaction and the labor market status. Being unemployed has a significant negative effect on life satisfaction; (in)voluntary retirement on the other hand has no significant effect on life satisfaction. A new finding is that unemployed individuals underestimate future life satisfaction. That is, their current labor market status has temporary negative effects on well-being, but, after 5 years, individuals are happi...
According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to ...
Continued improvements in life expectancy and fiscal insolvency of public pensions have led to an in...
While life satisfaction has been identified as an important predictor of occupational success, the q...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
The life cycle model predicts that individuals substitute leisure for consumption when they retire. ...
The life cycle model predicts that individuals substitute leisure for consumption when they retire. ...
The life cycle model predicts that individuals substitute leisure for consumption when they retire. ...
We examine the association between pathways to retirement and patterns of subjective wellbeing in Ge...
This paper examines the extent to which well-being levels change in the transition to retirement dep...
According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to ...
This paper examines the extent to which well-being levels change in the transition to retirement dep...
We provide an explanation for the common finding that the effect of retirement on life satisfaction ...
According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to ...
Continued improvements in life expectancy and fiscal insolvency of public pensions have led to an in...
While life satisfaction has been identified as an important predictor of occupational success, the q...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
This paper studies the effect of both retirement and unemployment on life satisfaction, using subjec...
The life cycle model predicts that individuals substitute leisure for consumption when they retire. ...
The life cycle model predicts that individuals substitute leisure for consumption when they retire. ...
The life cycle model predicts that individuals substitute leisure for consumption when they retire. ...
We examine the association between pathways to retirement and patterns of subjective wellbeing in Ge...
This paper examines the extent to which well-being levels change in the transition to retirement dep...
According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to ...
This paper examines the extent to which well-being levels change in the transition to retirement dep...
We provide an explanation for the common finding that the effect of retirement on life satisfaction ...
According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to ...
Continued improvements in life expectancy and fiscal insolvency of public pensions have led to an in...
While life satisfaction has been identified as an important predictor of occupational success, the q...