additional evidence from an array of attitudinal questions that were worded slightly differently than standard happiness or life … satisfaction questions such as satisfaction with an individual's financial situation. Averaging across the 257 individual country … estimates for advanced countries gives a similar minimum of 47.2. The happiness curve is everywhere …

This chapter uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup … national happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators. Confidence in … government is correlated with happiness, however forms of democracy and government spending seem not. We further discuss three …

strategies, we show that the higher transparency increased the gap in happiness between richer and poorer individuals by 29%, and … it increased the life satisfaction gap by 21%. We provide suggestive evidence that some, although probably not all, of …

subgroups, enable the estimation of the relative importance of various sources of happiness, and provide a well-being lens to … happiness, and especially the power of generosity and other positive social connections to improve the levels, distribution and …

highly significant interactions. Results are presented for life evaluations and (in some surveys) for happiness yesterday, in … with greater life satisfaction at all ages, but especially so at ages 60 and above, in some samples deepening the U …-shape in age by increasing the size of the life satisfaction gains following the mid-life low …

their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone … happiness may have been increased compared to before the lock-downs; but sufficiently large losses of work time and income …