In spite of the great U-turn that saw income inequality rise in Western countries in the 1980s, happiness inequality … share of both the “very unhappy” and the “perfectly happy”. Lower happiness inequality is found both between and within … goods helps to explain this greater happiness homogeneity. This new stylised fact arguably comes as a bonus to the Easterlin …

Do other peoples’ incomes reduce the happiness which people in advanced countries experience from any given income? And … does this help to explain why in the U.S., Germany and some other advanced countries, happiness has been constant for many … samples since 1972) comparator income has a negative effect on happiness equal in magnitude to the positive effect of own …

results indicate that the commonly used measures of well-being – labour market situation, health, housing conditions and …

, our results challenge a preoccupation with fertility and chronological age in the collection of sexual health data in …

diagnosis in the context of living in a slum setting. Men and women living with HIV in slums are poorly supported by health … theoretically informed biographic disruption theory. Setting: Interviews were conducted in two Nairobi slums (Kenya). Participants … systems and services as they attempt to cope with a diagnosis of HIV. Given the availability of antiretroviral therapy, health …