Three years of COVID-19 and life satisfaction in Europe: A macro view

Richard Easterlin and Kelsey J. O’Connor ()
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Kelsey J. O’Connor: e School of Economics, University of Johannesburg , Johannesburg 2092 , South Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, vol. 120, issue 19, e2300717120

Abstract:

Every country in Europe experienced an adverse impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on life satisfaction, though on average, satisfaction with life in the summer of 2022 is about the same as the pre-pandemic value in the autumn of 2019. Typically, an upsurge in the severity of the pandemic (measured by the number of COVID-related deaths) is associated with declining life satisfaction and an ebbing, with increasing life satisfaction. Of the three waves of the pandemic between March 2020 and the autumn of 2022, the most severe impact typically occurred in 2021 during the second wave; in the third wave, the response declined due to the spread of effective vaccines and the takeover of omicron variants.

Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; waves; happiness; life satisfaction; Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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