age 50 and older. We use a sample of 64,205 observations from 4 waves (2008-2014) of the Health and Retirement Study, a …

-reported happiness and life satisfaction. I find robust evidence that high inflation and, to a greater extent, unemployment lower …

of adults from 132 countries. I analyze the data on life satisfaction (happiness) and on health satisfaction and look at … in health satisfaction and rise in disability with age are much stronger in poor countries than in rich countries. In …' life or health satisfaction; the fraction of Kenyans who are satisfied with their personal health is the same as the …

it increased the life satisfaction gap by 21%. We provide suggestive evidence that some, although probably not all, of …

returning OEF/OIF veterans may be relatively small, but the effects of combat exposure on self-reported health and other … compensate for other harms associated with combat exposure such as mental health trauma …