-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s … happiness by education have widened substantially. We develop an integrated approach to measuring inequality and decomposing … changes in the distribution of happiness, finding a pervasive decline in within-group inequality during the 1970s and 1980s …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …, income inequality is perceived more negatively with increased perceived fairness, due to the need for unexpected policy … social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …

happiness inequality in happiness studies. We plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up a new …It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined without taking the referencing …

Research on happiness has produced valuable insights into the sources of subjective well-being. A major finding from … this literature is that people exhibit a baseline happiness that shows persistent strength over time, and twin studies have … shown that genes play a significant role in explaining the variance of baseline happiness between individuals. However …

in the Netherlands by a flat rate will harm labour market performance if aggregate income inequality is contained. This …

-post employment outcomes. Finally, believing that one earns more than peers causally leads to large positive effects on happiness …

happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader … in subjective well-being and income over time within countries we find economic growth associated with rising happiness … determining happiness. …

What impact does inequality have on metropolitan areas? Crime rates are higher in places with more inequality, and … inequality and the growth of both income and population, once we control for the initial distribution of skills. What determines … the degree of inequality across metropolitan areas? Twenty years ago, metropolitan inequality was strongly associated with …

This paper examines the evolution of economic inequality in Sweden before, during and after the major macro …-economic recession in the early 1990s. Earnings and income inequality increased after the downturn, but government safety net programs … buttressed disposable income for those with low income, and despite the rise in inequality, Sweden remained one of the most …

national distribution of happiness. Thus the resilience-increasing feature of social trust reduces well-being inequality by … damaging to those living in trustworthy environments. These results suggest a fresh set of links between trust and inequality …