’ retrospective assessments of life satisfaction, but economic growth has not been accompanied by a corresponding rise of subjective …

This article introduces a simple survey method to distinguish between two types of variables that affect happiness …—type A, which exerts an absolute effect on happiness, and type B, which affects happiness only through social context. The … inform policymakers about where to invest resources in order to improve people’s happiness over time. Copyright Springer …

moderators of widowhood’s impact on well-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the …

Happiness measures, reflecting individuals’ well-being, have received increasing attention by policy makers. Policies … could target absolute happiness levels when aiming at increasing a society’s well-being. But given upper bounds of happiness … measures, as well as the possibilities of decreasing returns to happiness resources, we argue that an important measure of …