-reported happiness. Exploiting quasi-random variation in daily congestion in Beijing that arises because of superstitions about the … number four, we estimate a strong effect of daily congestion on self-reported happiness. When benchmarking this effect … against the relationship between income and self-reported happiness we compute implied congestion costs that are several times …

We use four ways of the European Social Survey, covering 2000 to 2008, to analyze the effect of religion on happiness … lowers happiness while the latter raises it. We interpret this as evidence that the tangible aspects of religion (such as … abiding by restrictions on consumption and behavior) decrease happiness while the spiritual aspects increase it. We also find …

strategies, we show that the higher transparency increased the gap in happiness between richer and poorer individuals by 29%, and …

level 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 …