the World Happiness Index and are more comparable to those obtained with the Human Development Index. The state level …

paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely be … replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is higher … happiness that is unavailable on the U-index. For example, according to happiness research well-being across nations is lower …

diminished steadily over time, the mentality-related gap changed non-monotonically, reflecting different happiness responses of …