Income Trajectories and Subjective Well-Being: Linking Administrative Records and Survey Data

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 23; p. 4779
• Main Authors: Schöllgen, Ina, Kersten, Norbert, Rose, Uwe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.11.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Economic models; Emotions; Employees; Employment; Female; Gender differences; Humans; Hypotheses; Income; Life satisfaction; Male; Mental Health; Middle Aged; Personal Satisfaction; Psychological aspects; Public health; Records; Regression Analysis; Short term; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Trends; Volatility; Women; Germany; administrative records; income; trajectories; change; subjective well-being; emotional well-being; survey; life satisfaction; employees

An association between income and life satisfaction has been well documented, however, little is known of how income trajectories affect different facets of subjective well-being (SWB). The aim of this study was to examine how several aspects of income dynamics are related to life satisfaction and a...