The study of international well-being and its distribution remains focused on income. This paper addresses … multidimensional well-being from a capabilities perspective during the last one-and-a-half centuries. Relative inequality (population … terms but widening in absolute terms. Countries in the middle and lower deciles of the world distribution achieved the …

and subjective well-being. Using Veenhoven's happiness dataset, the evidence suggests countries with better economic … confounders of national subjective well-being such as income, unemployment, inequality, social capital and life satisfaction. The … effect of institutions on cross-national happiness is both significant and robust to different model specifications …

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …- being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their …

most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being.Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens' life …