anger and sadness were explored. The cross-sectional and longitudinal findings consistently suggest that the frequency of … sadness remains stable over most of adulthood and begins to increase in old age. In addition, the effects of age on happiness … anger increases during young adulthood, but then shows a steady decrease until old age. By contrast, the frequency of …

subjects' affective states. We find that sadness induces choices that are closer to ambiguity-neutral attitudes compared with … conditions on the day of the survey - a proxy for sad affect - correlate with more ambiguity-neutral attitudes. Our results may …

dozens of countries, and for a large range of well-being measures, including happiness and mental health, well-being is high …

A number of sociological theories argue that the experience of emotion is associated with social inequality. Despite … elaborate theoretical work, empirical studies are still rare and incoherent in their attempts at measuring emotion. As a … the sociologically most relevant emotions, namely anger and anxiety. Using representative data from the German Socio …

, affect can distort effort decisions relative to a fully cognitive benchmark, in a way that is consistent with evidence on …

We explore the idea that happiness and psychological well-being are U-shaped in age. The main difficulty with this …

applies each to large cross-sections and compares the patterns of life-satisfaction and happiness. Using the first method …