We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …

This paper summarizes the main findings of a recent literature that has constructed top income shares time series over … the long-run for more than 20 countries using income tax statistics. Top incomes represent a small share of the population … but a very significant share of total income and total taxes paid. Hence, aggregate economic growth per capita and Gini …

Establishing a robust causal relationship between trade and income has been difficult. Frankel and Romer (1999) use a … geographic instrument to identify a positive effect of trade on income. Rodriguez and Rodrik (2000) show that these results are … has a significant effect on income with an elasticity of roughly one half. Differences in predicted trade growth can …

when it is public, when it identifies sources of income and conflicts of interest, and when a country is a democracy …

We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using … of European countries from 1975-2002, shows different patterns of adaptation to income across the rich and poor. We find … evidence that for wealthy Germans, and for the rich half of European nations, higher levels of per capita income don't buy …

their relationships with national income, age, and life-expectancy. Average happiness is strongly related to per capita … national income; each doubling of income is associated with a near one point increase in life satisfaction on a scale from 0 to … slightly stronger among rich countries. Conditional on national income, recent economic growth makes people unhappier …

) increases growth rates of national income. This paper begins by confirming those findings in an analysis involving more … by which education quality appears to improve per capita income levels is through shifting the level of the production … a country's rate of technological progress (very likely). Mortality rates complement income levels as indicators of …

income per capita and mortality rates, a correlation that also exists within countries, where richer, better-educated people … technical progress (some of which is induced by income and facilitated by education) as the ultimate determinant of health. Such … downplay direct causal mechanisms running from income to health …

, income and well-being. The main innovation of the paper, relative to earlier studies of subjective well-being, lies in its …