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 …

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

self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we begin by … estimating ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions of happiness on a measure of MSA-level segregation, controlling for a rich … associated with a reduction in happiness among blacks. To deal more appropriately with the potential endogeneity of location …

women as evidenced by their average values for happiness, tiredness, and stress, their predicted values for the same three …

Case studies across the social sciences have established a positive relationship between social status and happiness …-shaped relation between status and happiness. The same trend is much less pronounced in data on 1000 individuals living in the state …

of international tourist arrivals on the subjective well-being – happiness and life satisfaction – of residents in … satisfaction) than its affective component (happiness). …

significantly unhappier on the day following the election. However, happiness returned to the previous level in one or two days … that the happiness level of those whose expectation of the election results were realized did not change, while that of …

The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The … the literature investigates potential driving effects of happiness on labor market outcomes. This article will give an …

' response to an exogenous shock of (un)happiness (i.e. the death of husband or wife). We conclude that SWB explains voting …