social relations and of the environment, employment, and job satisfaction. In this chapter we survey the economic literature … functionings) approach, the use of subjective life satisfaction measures, and the calculation of equivalent incomes. We discuss the … respected and where in each approach the boundaries of individual responsibility are drawn. We compare the measurement of …

the World Values Survey data and a broad set of fairness measures, we find strong support for the negative (positive …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to …

We link life-satisfaction data to inequality of the pre-government income distribution at the regional level, to …

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with …

concept of happiness, i.e. self-reported level of satisfaction with income and life, and relative deprivation/satisfaction, i …-being depending more on relative satisfaction than on absolute levels of income. This finding holds even after controlling for other …

This paper explores the determinants of individual well-being as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with …

satisfaction falls with both the incidence and intensity of contemporaneous poverty. Second, poverty scars: those who have been … poor in the past report lower life satisfaction today, even when out of poverty. Last, the order of poverty spells matters …: for a given number of years in poverty, satisfaction is lower when the years are linked together. As such, poverty …