This paper studies the links between income, sexual behavior and reported happiness. It uses recent data on a random …. Greater income does not buy more sex, nor more sexual partners. The typical American has sexual intercourse 2-3 times a month …

of everyone else. According to the income comparisons model, this change in transparency can widen the gap in well … it increased the life satisfaction gap by 21%. We provide suggestive evidence that some, although probably not all, of … this effect relates to changes in self-perceptions of relative income. We provide back-of-the-envelope estimates of the …

We study "habituation" to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in … Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a "happiness equation" defined over several lags of income and status and … compare the long run effects. We can (cannot) reject the hypothesis of no adaptation to income (status) during the four years …

We show individuals' reports of subjective well being in Europe did decline in the Great Recession and during the Covid …, although it fell slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which … has been rising in the last decade. However, so too have negative affect in Europe and despair in the USA …

We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using … of European countries from 1975-2002, shows different patterns of adaptation to income across the rich and poor. We find … evidence that for wealthy Germans, and for the rich half of European nations, higher levels of per capita income don't buy …

-reported happiness and life satisfaction. I find robust evidence that high inflation and, to a greater extent, unemployment lower …

allow for nonlinear effects in income, show the value of avoiding pain ranging between 56 to 145 USD per day. These results … are lower than previously reported, suggesting that the value of pain relief varies by income levels. Thus, previous … estimates of the value of pain relief assuming constant monetary compensation for pain across income levels are heavily affected …

this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely … higher for the more educated, for married people, for those with higher income and for whites and lower for the unemployed …-index. Happiness and life satisfaction data seem able to forecast migration flows. Fourth, happy people are particularly optimistic …