The empirical literature on the economics of happiness has grown rapidly, and much has been learned about the …

society. It is also found that relative income is more important to happiness at higher levels of absolute income. Potential …

The paper uses an appropriate survey from rural China to answer the question: Is happiness infectious, i.e. does the … happiness of an individual depend positively on the happiness of their reference group?  The evidence is consistent with this … hypothesis, but the challenge is to solve the 'reflection problem', i.e. is the apparent effect of neighbours' happiness on own …

estimate pioneering happiness functions in rural China. The variables predicted by economic theory to be important for … happiness are relatively unimportant. The analysis suggests that we need to draw on psychology and sociology if we are to … in the future, are shown to influence happiness. `Subjective well-being poverty` functions are estimated, in which income …

countries.  It poses the question: why do rural-urban migrant households settled in urban China have an average happiness score ….  Estimated happiness functions and decomposition analyses, based on a 2002 national household survey, suggest that their high …

. It poses the question: why do rural-urban migrant households settled in urban China have an average happiness score lower … urban conditions, or about their future urban aspirations, or about their future selves. Estimated happiness functions and …