level of both life satisfaction and happiness than Australia. Our findings accord with numerous cross-national surveys …In Happiness and the Human Development Index: The Paradox of Australia, Blanchflower and Oswald (2005) observe an … happiness. However, when we compare their happiness data with the HDI, Australia appears happier, not sadder, than its HDI score …

circumstances of households. Using data drawn from the 2001 and 2002 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia …The accepted view among psychologists and economists alike is that household income has statistically significant but …

with household income. The paper uses household economic panel data from five countries – Australia, Britain, Germany … but only weak effect on happiness/subjective well-being (SWB). This view is based almost entirely on weak relationships …, Hungary and the Netherlands – to provide a reconsideration of the impact of economic wellbeing on happiness. The main …

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for … vary in religiosity between secular and ultra-orthodox. We find a significant effect of religiosity on happiness. With … respect to Jewish families it is most striking that the impact of family size on both life and financial satisfaction seems to …

This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of equivalent … affluence. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to …-negligible importance in explaining international heterogeneity in happiness. In some countries, such as France, they are responsible for 80 …

happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader … in subjective well-being and income over time within countries we find economic growth associated with rising happiness … determining happiness. …

paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely be … replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is higher … happiness that is unavailable on the U-index. For example, according to happiness research well-being across nations is lower …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … positive and significant effect on individuals' overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …