happiness research in economics. A dataset of 154 Benedictine nuns is analyzed. The main objective is to identify the most … important determinants of happiness of Benedictines and to empirically evaluate the hypothesis that they have very high …

happiness. Using a cross-sectional multi-country dataset with 57 thousand observations from 29 European countries, we show that … unhappiness varies a great deal more across social groups than (high levels of) happiness does. Our findings are robust to several … alternative specifications, using both self-reported life satisfaction and self-reported happiness, and different cut-off points …

effect on happiness. Specifically legal security and property rights, access to sound money, and freedom from excessive …

Happy people are healthier and more creative, productive, and sociable. Because of these positive effects of happiness …

poverty despite striking reductions in absolute poverty. The effects of relative deprivation explain why average happiness has …