intermediary, parameters of the information structure (precisions of public and private information), and the level of stress …

of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … comparisons in determining happiness. …

that, for the whole sample of nineteen European countries, although income is positively correlated with both happiness and … life satisfaction, reference income exerts a negative effect on individual well-being, a result consistent with the …

reduces a person’s current life satisfaction even after the person hasbecome reemployed. Our results suggest that the scar …

psychology, we find out that non-satiation is indeed not a natural feature of human beings, but a challenge to their happiness …

We study the importance of economists’ professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey … of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively … related to spending more time on doing research. The lack of a tenured position decreases satisfaction. However, the extent to …

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze …

’ response to an exogenous shock of (un)happiness (i.e. the death of husband or wife). We conclude that SWB explains voting …

self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more … that unemployment affects life satisfaction and experienced utility differently may be explained by the fact that people do …, triggered by the opportunity to use the time in a way that yields higher levels of satisfaction than working. …