happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … the relationship between subject well-being and income observed within countries. Finally, examining the relationship …

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …

racial gaps such as those in income, employment, and education. Much of the current racial gap in well-being can be explained …

In 'Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia,' Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score … and Oswald, when we analyse life satisfaction in place of happiness, and when we measure development using GDP per capita …

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …

their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that … only income relative to others was related to well-being. In this paper, we review the evidence to assess the importance of … absolute and relative income in determining well-being. Our research suggests that absolute income plays a major role in …

eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in …This paper examines how the level and dispersion of self-reported happiness has evolved over the period 1972 …-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s …

The recent literature has shown that subjective welfare depends on relative income. Attempts to test this relationship … above a certain income level. We revisit the issue using data from Nepal. We find a relative consumption effect that is …

affect responses to questions about income and consumption adequacy. Results show that isolation significantly reduce … subjective assessments of income and consumption adequacy, even after controlling for consumption expenditures and other factors …