Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the … effect of happiness on engaging in sports. …

an economic analysis of happiness are shown and illustrated with two specific applications. The relationship between … the value of public goods. The short discussion of governmental ?happiness policy? from a constitutional viewpoint … suggests a comparative institutional analysis of subjective well-being. The happiness revolution in economics is only at its …

Research on happiness has produced valuable insights into the sources of subjective well-being that are of importance … to economics. A major nding from this literature is that people exhibit a "baseline" level of happiness that shows … persistent strength over time. Here we explore the extent to which baseline happiness is in uenced by genetic variation. Using …

typical "Tullock Challenges". The first relates to method: the measurement of subjective well-being, or happiness. The second …

' professional situation influence their well-being. Happiness is increased by having more research time while the lack of a tenured …

choice analyses can inform and inspire happiness research on issues related to public policy. In particular, happiness … democratic competition. However, the happiness approach also has clear limitations if it is understood as a decision rule for … good policy and the interaction between citizens and the government is reduced to monitoring reported happiness. …