of others undercuts the tendency for happiness to grow with an increase in one's own income, and happiness remains fairly …, and the greater the shortfall, the less one's happiness. There is thus an asymmetry in the psychological roots of income … evaluations when income is rising vs. falling , and this causes a corresponding asymmetry in the response of happiness to the …

income. We instead use subjective well-being (SWB) to explain international migration desires, an expressed willingness to …-migration relationship appears to be more robust than the income-migration relationship. At the country level, national average SWB better … indicates international migration desires for rich countries, while income performs better for poor countries. We thus …

Are people condemned to an inherent level of experienced happiness? A review of the economic research on subjective … well-being gives reason to the assessment that happiness can change. First, empirical findings clearly indicate that people … freedom of choice, low levels of democratization, unemployment, low income, etc. Second, considering people's adaptation to …