unhappiness varies a great deal more across social groups than (high levels of) happiness does. Our findings are robust to several … for defining unhappiness (dissatisfaction) and high levels of happiness (satisfaction). While misery appears to strongly …This paper raises the issue whether public policy should focus on minimizing unhappiness rather than maximizing …

unhappiness varies a great deal more across social groups than (high levels of) happiness does. Our findings are robust to several … for defining unhappiness (dissatisfaction) and high levels of happiness (satisfaction). While misery appears to strongly …This paper raises the issue whether public policy should focus on minimizing unhappiness rather than maximizing …

paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely be … replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is higher … developing countries. Equivalent results are found using self-reported unhappiness data. Second, there is a large body of data on …

this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely … be replaced by the U-index. I find that first, that there are many similarities. According to both measures happiness is … especially so in developing countries. Equivalent results are found using self-reported unhappiness data. Second, there is a …

personally reduces life satisfaction, but does not have a significant effect on happiness in ordered logit estimation. However …, generalized ordered logit estimation reveals that being unemployed has a negative effect on happiness at lower happiness scores …, but no significant effect at high happiness levels. …