divorced. There appears to be little correlation between happiness and either gender or education level. We find some evidence …

literature includes influences on individuals’ momentary happiness. We contribute to this literature using a new data source … effects of working on two aspects of affect: happiness and relaxation. We find paid work is ranked lower than any of the other … equivalent to a 7-8% reduction in happiness relative to circumstances in which one is not working. Paid work has a similar though …

Economic transition lowered happiness on average, but did not affect all equally. This paper uses Hungarian survey data … to study the impact of religion and economic transition on happiness. Religious involvement contributes positively to … source of happiness for the religious. The impact of economic transition has varied greatly across different groups. The main …

In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within … goods helps to explain this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylised fact arguably comes as a bonus to the Easterlin …

using reported happiness data. This paper uses a difference-in-difference method to empirically measure the impact of rail … access on homeowners’ happiness. My identification strategy takes advantage of micro happiness survey data conducted before … significantly heterogeneity in the effects from better rail access on homeowners’ happiness with respect to different dimensions of …