best contender as the "maximand" in the contest, before the ladder‐of‐life question and felt happiness. Among the other …

traditional economic measures, some nations have begun to collect information on citizens' happiness, life satisfaction, and other …

significantly moderated by an increase in happiness for the person making the judgment. …

concentrations of ethnic minority populations. We also explore one consequence of coresidency, reported happiness. We find that … of happiness, we find again that socioeconomic and demographic conditions matter, as does ethnicity. Controlling all else …, coresidency increases the happiness of the elderly by about 28 percent. Moreover, the unobserved characteristics that drive …

self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we begin by … estimating ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions of happiness on a measure of MSA-level segregation, controlling for a rich … associated with a reduction in happiness among blacks. To deal more appropriately with the potential endogeneity of location …

This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for …

women as evidenced by their average values for happiness, tiredness, and stress, their predicted values for the same three …