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Has modernisation gone too far? : modernity and happiness in 141 contemporary nations

Veenhoven, Ruut; Berg, Maarten - In: International journal of happiness and development 1 (2013) 2, pp. 172-195

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The Easterlin illusion : economic growth does go with greater happiness

Veenhoven, Ruut; Vergunst, Floris - In: International journal of happiness and development 1 (2014) 4, pp. 311-343

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Geography of happiness : configurations of affective and cognitive appraisal of life across nations

Brulé, Gaël; Veenhoven, Ruut - In: International journal of happiness and development 2 (2015) 2, pp. 101-117

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Life-satisfaction is more a matter of feeling well than having what you want : tests of Veenhoven's theory

Kainulainen, Sakari; Saari, Juho; Veenhoven, Ruut - In: International journal of happiness and development 4 (2018) 3, pp. 209-235

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Does marriage make people happy, or do happy people get married?

Stutzer, Alois (contributor); Frey, Bruno S. (contributor) - 2005

This paper analyzes the causal relationships between marriage and subjective well-being in a longitudinal data set spanning 17 years. We find evidence that happier singles opt more likely for marriage and that there are large differences in the benefits from marriage between couples. Potential,...

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The paradox of declining female happiness

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009

that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …

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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation

Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009

In many countries environmental policies and regulations are implemented to improve environmental quality and thus individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction Approach (LSA) representing a new non-market valuation...

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Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being

Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010

stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … of where the economic research on happiness stands and of three directions it might develop. First, it offers new ways … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. -- Economics ; happiness ; life …

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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...

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Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013

; happiness ; race …

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