paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely be … replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is higher … developing countries. Equivalent results are found using self-reported unhappiness data. Second, there is a large body of data on …

this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely … be replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is … especially so in developing countries. Equivalent results are found using self-reported unhappiness data. Second, there is a …