. Neo-humanism proposes a world in which the well-being of people comes before the well-being of markets, in which promoting …

to provide a "sage" approach to assessing well-being, since it aims to denote sagacity in the pursuit and satisfaction of …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …

that active volunteers report significantly higher life satisfaction, feelings of worthwhileness, social connectedness, and …

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

the World Happiness Index and are more comparable to those obtained with the Human Development Index. The state level …Combining data on around four million respondents from the Gallup World Poll and the US Daily Tracker Poll we rank 164 … affect measures - life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested - and four negative affect variables - pain …

involvement in cognate activities with a parent, indicating a behavioural relationship between capabilities and activities which … is not explicit in Sen's original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A second set of … association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children which seem to suggest …