national distribution of happiness. Thus the resilience-increasing feature of social trust reduces well-being inequality by … damaging to those living in trustworthy environments. These results suggest a fresh set of links between trust and inequality …

countries, we show that prosocial spending is consistently associated with greater happiness. To test for causality, we conduct …, causal impact on happiness. In contrast to traditional economic thought--which places self-interest as the guiding principle …

weekend effects for happiness, laughter, enjoyment and sadness, for both full-time and part-time workers, with significant but …

channels (including peace and conflict, trust, and inequality) whereby quality of government and happiness are linked. We …This chapter uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup … national happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators. Confidence in …

highly significant interactions. Results are presented for life evaluations and (in some surveys) for happiness yesterday, in …

help to restore to economics the breadth of purpose and methods it had two centuries ago, when happiness was considered the …