of Happiness is an example of such a tool. The archive is tailored to meet the requirements of assembling research … findings on happiness; both distributional findings (how happy people are) and correlational findings (what things go together … with happiness). With its focus on 'findings' the system differs from data-archives that store 'investigations' and from …

One of the reasons for promoting sustainable consumption is that it may give rise to greater happiness of a greater … effects of sustainable consumption on happiness and next review the empirical evidence for such effects on the present … generation. I make also educated guesses about consequences for the happiness of later generations. The evidence suggests that a …

There is a longstanding discussion on whether happiness is culturally relative or not. The following questions are … the conditions for happiness similar for all of us? 4) Are the consequences of happiness similar in all cultures? 5) Do we … all seek happiness? 6) Do we seek happiness in similar ways? 7) Do we enjoy life about equally much? The available data …

Happiness is rising on the political agenda and this calls for measures of how well nations perform in creating great … happiness for a great number, analogous to measures of success in creating wealth, such as GDP. Happiness is defined as … subjective enjoyment of one’s life as-a-whole and this can be measured using self-reports. Question on happiness are currently …

Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of this paper is on … spread in happiness in the nation, also called ‘inequality in happiness’. Inequality in happiness in nations can be measured …-as-a-whole’. This paper considers spread in happiness in 28 countries around 1980. Contrary to notions of a ‘divided’ society none of …

Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of this paper is on … spread in happiness in the nation, also called ‘inequality in happiness’. Inequality in happiness in nations can be measured …-as-a-whole’. This paper considers spread in happiness in 28 countries around 1980. Contrary to notions of a ‘divided’ society none of …

The 'Easterlin Paradox' holds that economic growth in nations does not buy greater happiness for the average citizen …. This thesis was advanced in the 1970s on the basis of the then available data on happiness in nations. Later data have … between economic growth and happiness. This last claim was tested using the time trend data available in the World Database of …