According to set-point theories of subjective well-being, people react to events but then return to baseline levels of happiness and...
The pursuit of happiness is an important goal for many people. However, surprisingly little scientific research has focused on the...
This article employs World Values Survey measures of life satisfaction as though they were direct measures of utility, and uses...
This paper analyzes the impact of institutions upon happiness through their intermediary impact upon individual trust. The empirical work is...
This study investigates the relationship between economic conditions and health. Total mortality and eight of the ten sources of fatalities...
This paper analyses the effects of business cycle volatility on measures of subjective well‐being, including self‐reported happiness and life satisfaction....
The extent to which growth reduces global poverty has been disputed for 30 years. Although there are better data than...
This paper explores how individual preferences for redistribution depend on future income prospects. In addition to estimating the impact of...
The literature on the economics of happiness in developed economies finds discrepancies between reported measures of well-being and income measures....
Psychologists Erikson (1959), Jahoda (1979, 1981, 1982) and Warr (1987) have offered theories to explain how experiences such as joblessness...