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Economic Growth Evens-Out Happiness: Evidence from Six Surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the "very unhappy" and the "perfectly happy". Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within … goods helps to explain this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylised fact arguably comes as a bonus to the Easterlin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945135
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Economic Growth Evens-out Happiness: Evidence from Six Surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … contributed to this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox,offering a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267929
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that the time trend in average happiness is flat during episodes of long …-run income growth. This mean-preserving declining spread in happiness comes about via falls in both the share of individuals who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252278
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Subjective Well-Being and Income: Is there any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - CESifo - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once “basic needs” have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010643335
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that the time trend in average happiness is flat during episodes of long …-run income growth. This mean-preserving declining spread in happiness comes about via falls in both the share of individuals who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738897
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Economic Growth Evens-Out Happiness: Evidence from Six Surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - HAL - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … contributed to this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, offering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738907
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Subjective Well‐Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660252
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Subjective Well-Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186016
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Economic growth evens-out happiness: evidence from six surveys
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within … goods helps to explain this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylised fact arguably comes as a bonus to the Easterlin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126047
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced … addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that the time trend in average happiness is flat during episodes of long …-run income growth. This mean-preserving declining spread in happiness comes about via falls in both the share of individuals who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010565839