Many studies document a large negative effect of unemployment on happiness. Recent research has looked into factors … related to impacts on happiness, such as adaptation, social work norms, social capital, religious beliefs, and psychological … resources. Getting unemployed people back to work can do more for their happiness than compensating them for doing nothing. But …

survey to study the association between reporting process and reported happiness. We find that slower responses and higher … self-stated cognitive effort are associated with lower reported happiness, potentially, because they proxy for momentary … mood. Moreover, in multivariate happiness equations, these factors moderate the estimated effect of income on happiness …