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Or Paradox Regained? The answer is Paradox Regained. New data confirm that for countries worldwide long-term trends in happiness and real GDP per capita are not significantly positively related. The principal reason that Paradox critics reach a different conclusion, aside from problems of data...
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estimated linear and non-linear associations of experiential and material expenditures with life satisfaction. Although both … experiential and material expenditures were positively associated with life satisfaction, evidence supporting the greater return … results of the non-linear estimates indicate that to maximize life satisfaction, an average person should allocate more money …
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Previous research on unemployment and life satisfaction has focused on the effects of unemployment on individuals but … satisfaction in couples over several years. We found that unemployment decreases life satisfaction in both members of the couple … experienced a greater drop in life satisfaction if their partners were employed than if they were unemployed at the time of the …
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The thoughts that an individual has about the future contribute substantially to their life satisfaction in a positive … disposition and the potential endogeneity of thoughts and life satisfaction. The reduction in life satisfaction experienced by … individuals' thoughts about the future substantially increases the explanatory power of standard life satisfaction models. Life …
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Society drifts apart in many dimensions. Economists focus on income of the poor and rich and the distribution of income but a broader spectrum of dimensions is required to draw the picture of multiple facets of individual life. In our study of multidimensional polarization we extend the income...
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