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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575162
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Happiness and economic growth : the evidence
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2013
initial level, life satisfaction has not improved. -- happiness ; life satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; income ; long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009699443
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China's life satisfaction, 1990 - 2010
Easterlin, Richard A.; Morgan, Robson; Switek, Malgorzata; … - 2013
satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries - a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend …. There is no evidence of an increase in life satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the … accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009700204
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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2012
satisfaction ; quality of life ; Easterlin Paradox ; adaptation ; economic growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683272
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Subjective well‐being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738762
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Unhappiness and pain in modern America : a review essay, and further evidence, on Carol Graham's happiness for all?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
In Happiness for All?, Carol Graham raises disquieting ideas about today's United States. The challenge she puts forward is an important one. Here we review the intellectual case and offer additional evidence. We conclude broadly on the author's side. Strikingly, Americans appear to be in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770416
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Have econometric analyses of happiness data been futile? : a simple truth about happiness scales
Chen, Le-Yu; Oparina, Ekaterina; Powdthavee, Nattavudh; … - 2019
Econometric analyses in the happiness literature typically use subjective well-being (SWB) data to compare the mean of observed or latent happiness across samples. Recent critiques show that com-paring the mean of ordinal data is only valid under strong assumptions that are usually rejected by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979193
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A measure of well-being efficiency based on the world happiness report
Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
We estimate a measure of well-being efficiency that assesses countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well-being (Cantril ladder). We use the six inputs (real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013431350
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The dynamic effect of disability on work and subjective wellbeing in Australia
Jones, Melanie; Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; … - 2015
examine the relationship between the dynamics of work-limiting disability and employment, hours of work, earnings and life … satisfaction. We employ two alternative classifications of the dynamic trajectories of disability and, in doing so, are able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449176
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Life satisfaction, pro-activity, and employment
Akay, Alpaslan; Karabulut, Gökhan; Yilmaz, Levent - 2021
Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper investigates how pro-active time-use (e.g., in sports/arts/socializing) relates to subjective well-being of the unemployed and their probability of finding a new job. Allowing for a variety of socio-demographic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431872