This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for … Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for this ranking – one that holds even after adjustment for GDP and socio …

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 …

-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … conditional on having the same income, there is no rural-urban happiness gap. Our results suggest that while further decline in …

-being using data from Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries in the world with high levels of corruption and poor governance. We … do so by combining household data with population census and village survey records. Our results show that conditional on … own household income, respondents report higher satisfaction levels when they experience an increase in their income over …

This study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the oldest-old (i.e. individuals aged 80 or over … and community factors on life satisfaction and depression among the oldest-old in China. Our analysis confirms the … significance of many factors affecting life satisfaction among the oldest-old in China. Factors that are correlated with life …

preference for leaving the EU were 0.14 points less satisfied with life pre-referendum, with both misery (life satisfaction below … preferences enjoyed a life satisfaction rise of 0.16 points, while there was a drop of 0.15 points for those preferring to remain …

novel German data on self-reported comparison intensity and perceived relative income for seven reference groups. We find … negative correlations between comparison intensity and SWB for colleagues, people in the same occupation and friends, but not …

There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per …-term positive association between the growth of happiness and income, arising from fluctuations in macroeconomic conditions, with …