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Since 1972 the General Social Survey (GSS) has asked a representative sample of US adults "… [are] you…very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" Overall, the population is reasonably happy even after a mild recent decline. I focus on differences along standard socio demographic...
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Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
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frequently mentioned topic of economics and happiness. In the last few years the number of publications related to happiness from … observations. The second part shortly describes approach to the happiness problem of selected key historical personalities, namely …
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Long term trends in happiness and income are not related; short term fluctuations in happiness and income are … artifact. Some analysts assert that in less developed countries happiness and economic growth are positively related up to some …
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In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, offering a …
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