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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
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
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
This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across countries of similar affluence …. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and immigrants in a set of European countries to disentangle …-negligible importance in explaining international heterogeneity in happiness. In some countries, such as France, they are responsible for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738792
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
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