We study "habituation" to income and to status using individual panel data on the happiness of 7,812 people living in … Germany from 1984 to 2000. Specifically, we estimate a "happiness equation" defined over several lags of income and status and … standard deviation in income are associated with similar increases in happiness. In the long-run (five year average) a one …

, this paper designs a test that makes it possible to allow for different birth-cohorts. A robust U-shape of happiness in age …

of happiness. Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), we examine whether households who contribute to a … services are able to insure their stream of happiness against income shocks and find strong happiness insurance effects for …

This paper studies the links between income, sexual behavior and reported happiness. It uses recent data on a random … sample of 16,000 adult Americans. The paper finds that sexual activity enters strongly positively in happiness equations … greater effects on the happiness of highly educated people than those with low levels of education. The happiness …

-reported happiness and life satisfaction. I find robust evidence that high inflation and, to a greater extent, unemployment lower …

We measure the impact of individuals' looks on life satisfaction/happiness. Using five data sets, from the U.S., Canada … beauty. Beauty raises happiness: A one standard-deviation change in beauty generates about 0.10 standard deviations of … additional satisfaction/happiness among men, 0.12 among women. Accounting for a wide variety of covariates, particularly effects …