consists of the characteristics of the individuals belonging to his reference group. The vast literature about happiness … reference groups in SWB-models. In this paper we employ the reference-extended model for incorporating in happiness studies the … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …

women as evidenced by their average values for happiness, tiredness, and stress, their predicted values for the same three …

The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The … investigates the effect of job loss and becoming unemployed, another field of study focuses on the determinants of job satisfaction … evolving around employment conditions, self-employment, and potential public sector satisfaction premiums. A smaller part of …

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 …

-being. Outcomes covered are general life satisfaction, affective well-being, and mental health. Special attention is paid to empirical …

investigated regarding its effects on inequality and economic growth. With the advent of the scientific field of happiness research … examined empirically the relationship between welfare states and 'happiness' as more and more data have become available. This … relationship between welfare state efforts and 'happiness', the overall picture is still vague. Further research might help to add …