most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …

of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a … happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income … comparisons in determining happiness. …

that, for the whole sample of nineteen European countries, although income is positively correlated with both happiness and … life satisfaction, reference income exerts a negative effect on individual well-being, a result consistent with the …

reduces a person’s current life satisfaction even after the person hasbecome reemployed. Our results suggest that the scar …

We use the differences between life satisfaction and emotional well-being of employed and unemployed persons to analyze … affected by traditional gender roles, while this does not seem to be the case for the affective part of their subjective well-being. …

self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more … that unemployment affects life satisfaction and experienced utility differently may be explained by the fact that people do …, triggered by the opportunity to use the time in a way that yields higher levels of satisfaction than working. …

In this paper, we revisit the association between happiness and inequality. We argue that the interaction between the … social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find …

science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using …