most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

hard economic indicators as used in the literature, especially by GDP and the unemployment rate. This suggests that the …

The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises … presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to … also discuss the relation (or not) between happiness and utility and discuss some non-happiness research (behavioural …

of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in the World Happiness Reports and apply Data Envelopment … well-being (Cantril ladder). We use the six inputs (real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom …

-being responds negatively (positively) to an increase in the GDP (unemployment rate) of their home country. That is, we originally …

concentration of immigrants affect the subjective well-being of the German-born population. Our results suggest the existence of a …

sectional relation of happiness to GDP per capita. The point-of-time comparison leads to the expectation that the same absolute …Based on point-of-time comparisons of happiness in richer and poorer countries, it is commonly asserted that economic … growth will have a significant positive impact on happiness in poorer countries, if not richer. The time trends of subjective …

Transition countries is particularly impressive in this respect: average life satisfaction scores closely mirrored changes in GDP …This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with …