This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts … household. The relation between happiness gaps and divorce may be due to the fact that couples which are unable to transfer … utility are more at risk than others. It may also be the case that assortative mating in terms of happiness baseline …

We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of …

activities which is not explicit in Sen’s original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A … some cases the association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children …

sadness remains stable over most of adulthood and begins to increase in old age. In addition, the effects of age on happiness … were investigated; the cross-sectional evidence speaks for a steady decrease in happiness across age groups, but within …-person decline in happiness was only evident in old age. Together the findings provide further evidence for multidirectional age …

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 …