European countries. We do so by estimating country-panel equations for mean life satisfaction that include trend and cyclical … between per capita GDP and life satisfaction over time which is positive for poorer countries, but flat (or negative) for …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to …

level of life-satisfaction: income comparisons emerge as much the more important. 3) When in our U.S. analysis we introduce …Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And … samples since 1972) comparator income has a negative effect on happiness equal in magnitude to the positive effect of own …

income. 2) In the West German Socio-Economic Panel since 1984 the same istrue but with life satisfaction as the dependant … level of life-satisfaction: income comparisons emerge as much the more important. 3) When in our U.S. analysis we introduce …Do other peoples' incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And …

initial level, life satisfaction has not improved. -- happiness ; life satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; income ; long …Long term trends in happiness and income are not related; short term fluctuations in happiness and income are …