Recent studies focused on testing the Easterlin hypothesis (happiness and national income correlate in the cross … a) long-term panel data and estimation with individual fixed effects, b) regional GDP per capita with a higher variation … per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …

Recent studies focused on testing the Easterlin hypothesis (happiness and national income correlate in the cross … a) long-term panel data and estimation with individual fixed effects, b) regional GDP per capita with a higher variation … per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point in time those with higher income are happier because they are …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … for the contradiction is social comparison. At a point in time those with higher income are happier because they are …

Using panel data from the BHPS and its Understanding Society extension, we study life satisfaction (LS) and income over … from lowest to highest LS, though their average income was always higher. In spite of rapid income growth up to 2008 …/09, the less educated showed no rise in LS, while highly educated LS rose after the crash despite declining real income. In …

Recent studies focused on testing the Easterlin hypothesis (happiness and national income correlate in the cross … a) long-term panel data and estimation with individual fixed effects, b) regional GDP per capita with a higher variation … per capita and life satisfaction in either country (controlling for a variety of variables). Together with the evidence …

European countries. We do so by estimating country-panel equations for mean life satisfaction that include trend and cyclical … between per capita GDP and life satisfaction over time which is positive for poorer countries, but flat (or negative) for …