display interesting non-ergodic behavior, hysteresis, oscillations, and comparative dynamics. Finally, in specific example …

, we examine the determinants of pulse rates in mid-life (age 42) among the 9,000 members of the National Child Development …

measures such as the Human Development Index are, by construction, dominated by long-run trends. Second, a large fraction of …

variables in explaining within-country and international differences in well-being. For most specifications tested, the combined … international and intra-national differences in life satisfaction. Third, the very significant influences of both income and social … for key measures of the social context. Fourth, the international similarity of the estimated equations suggests that the …

The "Easterlin paradox" suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level …

of a country's institutions, heterogeneity, and a number of different international indices and rankings. I have little … success; small countries are more open to international trade than large countries, but are not systematically different …