This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for …

happiness and real GDP per capita are not significantly positively related. The principal reason that Paradox critics reach a … happiness. For some countries their estimated growth rates of happiness and GDP are not trend rates, but those observed in … cyclical expansion or contraction. Mixing these short-term with long-term growth rates shifts a happiness-GDP regression from a …

of others undercuts the tendency for happiness to grow with an increase in one's own income, and happiness remains fairly …, and the greater the shortfall, the less one's happiness. There is thus an asymmetry in the psychological roots of income … evaluations when income is rising vs. falling , and this causes a corresponding asymmetry in the response of happiness to the …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … vitiates the otherwise positive effect of own-income growth on happiness. Critics of the Paradox mistakenly present the …

psychological theories, and find that past and present happiness predicts compliance during lockdown. The relationship is stronger … for those with higher levels of happiness. A negative mood, or loss in happiness, predicts lower compliance. We explore …

Despite the burgeoning happiness economics literature, scholars have largely ignored explorations of how individuals or …

century and is largely the result of progress in the life sciences. The third is a Happiness Revolution that commenced in the … summarized briefly; this paper develops the rationale for the third, the Happiness Revolution. It also notes the implications of …

their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases …. Assuming that lockdowns constrain married people to spend time solely with their spouses, simulations show that their happiness … this inference. Simulations demonstrate clearly that, assuming lockdowns impose solitude on singles, their happiness was …