little is understood about how migrants affect the happiness, or subjective well-being, of natives. This paper uses the …

In this paper, we consider the extent to which the aggregate happiness of a country affects the flow of people across … its borders. We merge data from the World Values Survey, which produces happiness indices for 84 countries between 1981 … and 2004, with three different migration datasets. We find that happiness has a U-shaped relationship with emigration …

between migrants and urban residents-affects individual happiness. The main results are as follows. First, migrants suffer … migrants, and they also favor higher relative income among urban residents. Fourth, "born?urban residents have lower happiness …

This study analyses time-dependent rhythms in happiness in three aspects. We show that the Sunday neurosis exists … that men with a lower educational background may suffer from negative effects on happiness towards the end of the month … income effects – happiness exhibits seasonal effects over the annual period, depending on gender and education. …

it, or replacing it. This chapter portrays some of these new measures and puts them to a happiness test: compared to the … for 34 OECD societies, we can show that from a happiness perspective, there is-surprisingly-little wrong with the GDP, and … sum, the chapter demonstrates that a happiness perspective can add important insights along the way to facilitate the …

individual well-being. Additionally, we also find that income and future job chances are the most important drivers of happiness …