of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries' happiness; Britain and … holds after adjustment for GDP and other socioeconomic variables -- is currently unknown. Using data on 131 countries, 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 …

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

Component Analysis. Our analysis shows that BLI increases with GDP only for poor countries, extending the Easterlin Paradox to … the quality of life measurement; that good performances in BLI are not necessarily due to a high efficiency of the whole …

comparisons in determining happiness. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic … of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … broader array of countries, we establish a clear positive link between average levels of subjective well-being and GDP per …

negatively and independently from the effect of life expectancy. There is no correlation with GDP. Econometric analysis of the …

conventionally measured through GDP per capita, "social prosperity" can be measured through our solidarity and agency indexes … to provide a "sage" approach to assessing well-being, since it aims to denote sagacity in the pursuit and satisfaction of … of population groups who feel left behind by globalization and technological advance, may be viewed in terms of a …

We use several well-being measures that combine average income with a measure of inequality to undertake international …

We construct the world's centers of gravity for human population, GDP and CO2 emissions by taking the best out of five …th century, after World War I for CO2 emissions, after World War II for GDP. Since then, both centers are moving eastward … of gravity, we find a radical Western shift of GDP and CO2 emissions centers in the 19th century, in sharp contrast with …