-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … conditional on having the same income, there is no rural-urban happiness gap. Our results suggest that while further decline in …

There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per …-term positive association between the growth of happiness and income, arising from fluctuations in macroeconomic conditions, with … the long-term relationship, which is nil. -- Happiness ; economic growth ; developing countries ; transition countries …

rights, happiness, and the like) associated with economic growth? International comparisons of quality of life (QoL … sometimes, as in the case of happiness and life satisfaction, QoL indicators remain unchanged despite a doubling or more of real …

-being ; happiness ; satiation ; basic needs ; Easterlin paradox …

cultural preferences for sons as a source of old-age security. This paper, therefore, revisits the determinants of happiness in …-age happiness and the presence of a coresiding child. Compared with living alone, living with at least one child is found to be … positively associated with older persons' happiness. However, this result is specific to daughters. Moreover, compared with older …

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. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic …