higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is …

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 …

find that the married have a less deep U-shape in life satisfaction across age groups than do the unmarried, indicating … that marriage may help ease the causes of the mid-life dip in life satisfaction and that the benefits of marriage are … marriage and life satisfaction, and find that well-being effects of marriage are about twice as large for those whose spouse is …

are in much worse health than those at the top. This health gradient exists whether education, income, or financial wealth …, feedbacks from new health events to household income are one of the reasons that underlie the strength of the income gradient …

Economists have long been aware of utility externalities such as a tendency to compare own income with others'. If … welfare losses from income comparisons are significant, any governmental interventions that alter such attitudes may have … comparing income with others may diminish welfare even when income levels increase makes UK respondents compare incomes more …

the role of nearby households as comparison groups acting in individuals' reference-dependent preferences over income or … pattern of reference groups in urban areas and to identify channels of positive and negative spillovers on life satisfaction …. We find evidence of significant effects of others' income at different scales and are able to reject a number of …