The answer is that people's evaluations of their income situation are based on different considerations when the … of others undercuts the tendency for happiness to grow with an increase in one's own income, and happiness remains fairly … for income evaluations turns inward. "Financial hardship", the shortfall from one's own previous peak income, takes over …

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 …

freedom of choice, low levels of democratization, unemployment, low income, etc. Second, considering people's adaptation to …