This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …

We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …

We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on self-assessed overall health, but a large positive effect on …

This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of … available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with … the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always associated with higher happiness scores, except in one case: whether growth …

We use British panel data to explore the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes: general … us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won is largely exogenous. These … positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health. This result …

We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …

We use British panel data to explore the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes: general … us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won is largely exogenous. These … positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health. This result …

While there is now something of a consensus in the literature on the economics of happiness that income comparisons to … others help determine subjective wellbeing, debate continues over the relative importance of own and reference-group income … regarding happiness analysis, and in particular with respect to the measurement of reference-group income. We here use data from …

We use British panel data to determine the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes … allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won by winners is largely … exogenous. Positive income shocks have no significant effect on general health, but a large positive effect on mental health …

positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an …-run income growth. This mean-preserving declining spread in happiness comes about via falls in both the share of individuals who … declare low and high levels of happiness. Rising income inequality moderates the fall in happiness inequality, and may even …