Values Survey, this study shows that living in a socially mobile society is conducive to individual life satisfaction … their interplay with income inequality. We identify a positive interaction of perceived social mobility that mitigates its … overall impact of income inequality that is SWB lowering, while for low social mobility the effect of inequality is positive …

life satisfaction. Differentiating between perceived and actual social mobility, we find that both exert rather independent … effects, particularly in their interplay with income inequality. We identify a positive interaction of perceived social … mobility that mitigates the overall SWB lowering effect of income inequality. In contrast to expectations, a high degree of …

survey data to estimate a standard happiness regression augmented with people’s expectation about the future. Results suggest …

>, p. 292), evidence-based approach to well being, happiness, and positive psychology intervention suitable for both … happiness. Quality of Life Therapy and Coaching is “manualized” in the form of the book entitled Quality of Life Therapy (Frisch … which attempts to integrate findings from the fields of well-being, positive psychology, happiness, quality of life, social …

-judicial institutions on happiness dominate those of political institutions, while analyses restricted to middle- and high-income countries … performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited, and … inconclusive. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association …

opportunities. It is widely believed that happiness research based on self-reports on people’s satisfaction with life has made a … significant contribution to this understanding. The growing numbers of happiness studies provoke the question whether, and … answering this question, this review paper provides a survey of the general happiness conception, the formative steps of …

complementary nature of two approaches: the "hedonic" approach, which employs market prices for housing, and the "life satisfaction …