...HanNa Lim; Jae Min Lee; Lu Fan Purpose This study examines the relationship between changes in retirement status and social support and their associations with the life satisfaction of older adults, with a focus on potential differences across income levels. Design/methodology/approach We...

...Thiago Matheus De Paula; Verónica Peñaloza Purpose This paper aims to evaluate the influence of relative social standing, society’s level of restrictions and consumption adequacy on life satisfaction as well as to examine the moderating effect that an environment of social deprivations can cause...

...Jan-Jan Soon; Hock Eam Lim Purpose By exploiting the exogeneity of the unexpected 2015 European refugee crisis, the paper’s purpose is to analyze the causal impact of the crisis on resident immigrants’ life satisfaction. Due to the ongoing anti-immigrant sentiments, we argue that the refugee...

...Edel Walsh; Aileen Murphy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of having minor children on parents' life satisfaction. Given the demands on working parents in terms of their time and financial resources, the authors suspect a complex interaction between employment...

...Hila Axelrad; Arie Sherman; Israel Luski Purpose The current study investigates the association of employment at older age (60–80 years ) with the cognitive component of subjective well-being (SWB): life satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Out of the Survey of Health, Ageing...

... satisfaction of borrowers. It is found that, in general, rural borrower’s life satisfaction is influenced by the ability and capacity to work, the value of physical assets of the borrowers as well as some other lenders’ and borrowers’ specific factors. But, the direction of causality of the factors influencing...

...Oznur Ozdamar Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of life satisfaction in Turkey. Moreover, this study explores the effects of air pollution and crime problems on well-being. Design/methodology/approach The estimates are based on cross-sectional data from...