. Recent research on subjective well-being (happiness) consistently confirms that there are diminishing marginal returns to … income. Once basic material needs are satisfied, happiness responds more to interpersonal relationships than to income. One … individual’s baseline or set-point level of happiness. This paper briefly summarises the research findings which have led to this …

has recently moved on to assess couple’s happiness and the extent to which individuals in couples influence each other …’s happiness without making reference to the problem of allocation of resources. The latter is however important to both the … individual and couple happiness, and in the limit determine whether couples stay together. Here we address the role of the …