The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises … presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to … also discuss the relation (or not) between happiness and utility and discuss some non-happiness research (behavioural …

over the world currently use ad hoc methods. -- disability ; adaptation ; happiness ; legal compensation ; wellbeing ; GHQ …

The World Happiness Report is published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and contains an … international ranking of national average happiness, as measured by surveys of personal life evaluations. It also contains an … analysis which tries to explain the happiness figures from more than 150 countries using data on six key variables. That …

of individual welfare according to which welfare is a matter of mental states rather than preference satisfaction. For …

over the world currently use ad hoc methods …

Cross-disciplinary 'happiness research' has made big progress in the measurement of individual welfare. This … development makes it tempting to pursue the old dream of maximizing aggregate happiness as a social welfare function. However, we … postulate that the appropriate approach is not to maximize aggregate happiness in seeking to improve outcomes by direct policy …

suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation are actually found in a considerable variety of economic and social … activities, rendering conclusions regarding well-being policy less straightforward. -- Comparison ; habituation ; income …