findings in happiness regressions, such as a negative but u-shaped age effect, positive influences of education and relative …

measures of wellbeing also influence happiness, but this is more prevalent in interpersonal than inter-temporal comparisons. It …

Until now there was little evidence of the influence of large governments on happiness and when it existed, it was … decrease happiness and life satisfaction in European countries. In some cases there is evidence of an inverted U …-shaped relationship between the Government burden and happiness, for which the negative relationship begin just before the median. This …

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 …

The present paper examines the empirical literature on the Economics of Happiness with the aim both to comparatively … the understanding of the determinants of happiness in our continent. On the basis of both the empirical research made in … happiness equation one component of relative income, which in turn includes, together with a social comparison mechanism, a …

Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of this paper is on … spread in happiness in the nation, also called ‘inequality in happiness’. Inequality in happiness in nations can be measured …-as-a-whole’. This paper considers spread in happiness in 28 countries around 1980. Contrary to notions of a ‘divided’ society none of …

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 …

This paper examines the effects of reforms and religion on happiness in transition economies. Earlier literature … suggests that religiosity insures happiness against various individual stressful life events. This phenomenon is well … negative effects on happiness. Religiosity indeed insures happiness and perceptions of economic and political situations …

to neighbours has a negative coefficient, implying that living in a high-income neighbourhood increases happiness. The …