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Giuntella, Osea; McManus, Sally; Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, … - 2022

This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle-aged citizens in our data sets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most...

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Happiness and growth the world over : time series evidence on the happiness-income paradox

Easterlin, Richard A.; Angelescu, Laura - 2009

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 …

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Modern economic growth and quality of life : cross sectional and time series evidence

Easterlin, Richard A. (contributor); … - 2007

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 …

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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Subjective well-being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Wolfers, Justin; Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey - 2013

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Economic approaches to understanding change in happiness

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Stutzer, Alois - 2014

Are people condemned to an inherent level of experienced happiness? A review of the economic research on subjective … well-being gives reason to the assessment that happiness can change. First, empirical findings clearly indicate that people … of understanding variation in the process of adaptation. The modeling of happiness over the life course promises a …

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

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Top incomes and human well-being around the world

Burkhauser, Richard V.; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; … - 2016

The share of income held by the top 1 percent in many countries around the world has been rising persistently over the last 30 years. But we continue to know little about how the rising top income shares affect human well-being. This study combines the latest data to examine the relationship...

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Subjective well‐being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013

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

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