British Cohort Study (1970). The most powerful childhood predictor of adult life-satisfaction is the child's emotional health … implications for educational policy. Among adult circumstances, family income accounts for only 0.5% of the variance of life …-satisfaction. Mental and physical health are much more important. …

paper concludes by discussing possible implications for policy and health assessment methods. …

The nexus between income and happiness is very much disputed. Many cross-sectional studies see a positive relationship …, most longitudinal studies don't. Starting from the fact that the theoretical basis in happiness research has been … per-capita income as at the heart of the matter. Our theory is backed by empirical evidence on OECD data: in low-income …

employment and a generous and comprehensive social safety net do increase happiness. Such policies are arguably affordable not … only in higher income nations but also in countries that account for most of the population of the less-developed world …. These conclusions are suggested by an analysis of a wide range of evidence on happiness in countries throughout the world. …

findings in happiness regressions, such as a negative but u-shaped age effect, positive influences of education and relative … income position, as well as a negative effect of unemployment. Differing results were found with regard to gender and marital …

of our analyses is on the pattern of life, job and health satisfaction over time and the influence of unemployment rates … more satisfied with their lives, jobs and health when unemployment is rising around them. At the same time, the overall …. Interestingly, we get similar though somewhat weaker results when looking at job and health satisfaction. Hence, though the direct …

accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening life satisfaction … the income distribution and increasing life satisfaction in those in the top third. …