. The economics of happiness has emerged as one of the most thriving areas in current economic research. This introductory … chapter refers to important contributions to the economics of happiness that characterize the recent developments in the area …. First, we refer to reviews of the literature, the measurement and the relationship of happiness research to welfare …

This paper turns Snow-White's magic mirror onto recent economics Nobel Prize winners, top economists and happiness … explores the extent to which information matters and whether individuals' self-reported happiness affects their perceptions … about the happiness of these superstars in economics. …

choice analyses can inform and inspire happiness research on issues related to public policy. In particular, happiness … democratic competition. However, the happiness approach also has clear limitations if it is understood as a decision rule for … good policy and the interaction between citizens and the government is reduced to monitoring reported happiness. …

The Easterlin Paradox states that at a point in time happiness varies directly with income, both among and within … nations, but over time the long-term growth rates of happiness and income are not significantly related. The principal reason … vitiates the otherwise positive effect of own-income growth on happiness. Critics of the Paradox mistakenly present the …