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. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic …

performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest … that the conclusions reached by previous studies are fairly sensitive to the specific measure of "happiness" used. In …

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 …

practices have been less prevalent in the economy 20 years ago. -- Gender gap ; happiness ; well-being ; discrimination ; life …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the perceived fairness of the …-mobility countries turn out to be ambiguous. -- Happiness ; life satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; inequality ; income distribution …

The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises … also discuss the relation (or not) between happiness and utility and discuss some non-happiness research (behavioural …

splits national populations according to gender, income and political orientation also. -- Life Satisfaction ; Happiness …