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 … for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point in time those with higher income are happier because they are …

decades for Russia. We found no adaption to vulnerability for life satisfaction and subjective wealth, with longer … impacts on life satisfaction and subjective wealth. … satisfaction with own economic conditions, work contract, job, pay, and career. Some evidence indicates that despite little …

and analyse it across household income quintiles. We use the National Income Dynamics Study dataset, which is … probit regressions and a quasi-experimental technique. We find that the highest household income quintiles claim SWPs meant …

This paper analyzes how perceived income inequality is associated with subjective well-being. Using four waves of the … "Social Inequality" module of the International Social Survey Programme, I show that the higher the level of perceived income … inequality is, the lower the individual's perception of her social standing, even if objective income inequality and preferences …

, finding a greater prevalence of group discussion used in schools positively affects students’ life satisfaction and … approximately 1500 schools in 14 countries or regions. We perform regressions of student life satisfaction on the prevalence of …-selection. The average impact of group discussion is not small – a one standard deviation leads to an increase in life satisfaction …

associated with job satisfaction, even though the self-employed often earn less than their employed peers, work longer hours and … experience more stress and higher job demands. Despite being more satisfied with their jobs, the self-employed do not necessarily … enjoy higher overall life satisfaction, which is due to heterogeneity of types of self-employment, as well as motivational …