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 … developing countries. Equivalent results are found using self-reported unhappiness data. Second, there is a large body of data on …

this 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 … especially so in developing countries. Equivalent results are found using self-reported unhappiness data. Second, there is a …

National Happiness (GNH), a country-level index built applying sentiment analysis to data from Twitter. We aim to describe how …

employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not …. These conclusions are suggested by an analysis of a wide range of evidence on happiness in countries throughout the world. …

traditional economic measures, some nations have begun to collect information on citizens' happiness, life satisfaction, and other …