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 …

measures where available. The relationship with life expectancy is significant and positive. Infant mortality correlates …

happiness inequality in happiness studies. We plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up a new …

social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the …

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for … vary in religiosity between secular and ultra–orthodox. We find a significant effect of religiosity on happiness. With … respect to Jewish families it is most striking that the impact of family size on both life and financial satisfaction seems to …