Happiness research is a new, rapidly growing and provocative aspect of economic science. In fact, there are now over 1 …,800 published papers on the subject, and it might be said that the ‘dismal science’ has come to be obsessed with happiness. This … is the ‘Easterlin Paradox’ – the finding that self-reported happiness does not always appear to grow in tandem with …

This dissertation inquires into the relationship between income, aspirations, and life satisfaction in post … relatively weak. Subsequently, the dissertation tests for the effect of aspirations on two separate satisfaction indices …, satisfaction with life andsatisfaction with economic conditions. This dissertation uses a Chamberlain random-effects ordered probit …

Research appears to demonstrate that economic variables are only marginally predictive of levels of social satisfaction …. It was hypothesised that a greater association might be found between satisfaction and equality of income distribution … rather than between satisfaction and size of income. The interrelationship between wealth (GDPpc), equality of income and …

Purpose ? The construction industry in Australia is characterised by a long work-hours culture, with conditions that …-life initiatives is a critical element in achieving WLB and satisfaction with working arrangements. The fact that the manager ?talked …

standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …