indicate that income is correlated with happiness and unemployment with unhappiness. The relationship between increased income … and happiness is well documented while the impact of decreased income has been less explored. The aim of this paper is to … study how the economic downfall in Iceland, followed by reduced income and increased unemployment, affects happiness as well …

evidence provided in the literature on happiness. Among our new findings, the type of employment and associated contractual … happier than private employees (even when controlling for income). The data show that the reported level of happiness is lower …

The nexus between income and happiness is very much disputed. Many cross-sectional studies see a positive relationship …, most longitudinal studies don’t. Starting from the fact that the theoretical basis in happiness research has been …

increasing as a proportion of the population. The evidence presented in this paper, combined with the low frequency of happiness … data, may not be sufficiently convincing for central banks to adopt happiness-targeting rule. However, happiness data would …

current happiness and self-esteem of the children. We find that a past unemployment spell of the father has important …

This study investigates the effect of unemployed individuals’ happiness on their future labor market outcomes. It … therefore acknowledges the possibility that happiness could also be a driver of behavior and influence life's outcomes. I use … residual happiness, which displays higher (or lower) satisfaction levels than would be predicted by a number of demographic and …