that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …

Cross-disciplinary ?happiness research? has made big progress in the measurement of individual welfare. This … development makes it tempting to pursue the old dream of maximizing aggregate happiness as a social welfare function. However, we … postulate that the appropriate approach is not to maximize aggregate happiness in seeking to improve outcomes by direct policy …

the measures of happiness and life satisfaction. Second, someone with high “hedonic” well-being (happiness or life …

Cross-disciplinary ‘happiness research’ has made big progress in the measurement of individual welfare. This … development makes it tempting to pursue the old dream of maximizing aggregate happiness as a social welfare function. However, we … postulate that the appropriate approach is not to maximize aggregate happiness in seeking to improve outcomes by direct policy …

of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … comparisons in determining happiness. …