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 this paper, we test the conventional wisdom in developing countries of 'more children, more happiness' by exploiting …) measured with either life satisfaction or depression mood. The effect is channelled by raising their satisfaction with children … parents' life satisfaction is heterogenous to sex composition, first-birth gender, and parents' age. Our study provides new …

significantly improved the overall life satisfaction of low-income non-elderly adults. Various sensitivity checks and falsification …

matters for children’s life satisfaction. The results suggest that children are more satisfied with life the more income their … greater returns from addressing satisfaction gaps experienced during school holidays and focussing on British/Irish white …

In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …