The link between income and subjective satisfaction with one’s financial situation is explored in this paper using a panel analysis of 1,998 individuals tracked through the course of the boom period in Ireland, 1994-2001. A dynamic ordered probit model which incorporates state dependence and controls for correlated individual effects and the initial conditions problem is applied. The impact of ...

this study attempts to come up with a practical framework for evaluating the taxpayer satisfaction for taxation organization. in so doing, first, 22 essential factors in taxpayer satisfaction process; were found in the literature related to the customer satisfaction indices, and then a questionnaire was constructed based on these factors. 140 experts in this field participated in the study and ...

Trust, along with transparency, is an important indicator of a satisfactory relationship between a government and the public. Considering transparency as the key to trust in government, the purpose of this paper is to postulate a link between transparency and trust taking into account satisfaction as a psychological factor. This paper tries to find the answer of these questions: “Is there...

Subjective Well-Being and Relative Deprivation: An Empirical Link This paper explores the relationship between two well-established concepts of measuring individual well-being: the concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i.e. the gaps between the individual's income and the incomes of all individuals richer/poor...

This study examines the effects of economic loss on the life satisfaction and mental health of Wenchuan earthquake survivors. Economic loss is measured by earthquake impacts on the income and houses of the survivors. The correlation analysis shows that earthquake impact on income is significantly correlated with life satisfaction and depression. The regression analyses indicate that earthquake ...

We propose a micro-econometric evaluation of the relation between life satisfaction and income distribution, using a balanced panel survey of the Russian population (RLMS), running from 1994 to 2000, covering 4685 individuals. We show that in the context of the very volatile Russian environment, Hirschman’s (1973) “tunnel effect” conjecture seems to be confirmed: variables reflecting income dis...

The present research tested whether the Big Five personality dimensions—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience—moderate the effects of income on life satisfaction. The authors analyzed data from three large-sample, nationally representative, longitudinal studies: the British Household Panel Survey, the German SocioEconomic Panel Study, and the Ho...

Title of dissertation: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCOME, WEALTH, AND LIFE SATISFACTION Ermal Hitaj Doctor of Philosophy, 2010 Dissertation directed by: Professor Peter Murrell Department of Economics Professor Ingmar Prucha Department of Economics This dissertation inquires into the relationship between income, aspirations, and life satisfaction in post-transition Russia. It first explores the c...

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is affected by hospital services and may have an effect on the cultural, social and personal conditions of the people living in the region. This research aimed to evaluate the patient satisfaction in social security hospitals in Mazandaran province. METHODS From Spring 2012 to Summer 2013, all patients admitted to social security hospitals in Mazandaran provinc...