highly significant interactions. Results are presented for life evaluations and (in some surveys) for happiness yesterday, in …

The link between happiness and overall inequality is best studied using an index that incorporates different aspects of … inequality, and is measured consistently in different countries. One such index is the degree to which happiness itself varies … among individuals. Its correlation with both happiness levels and social trust is substantially stronger than the …

We show that, without strong auxiliary assumptions, it is impossible to rank groups by average happiness using survey …-to-Opportunity increases happiness, men have become happier relative to women, and an Easterlin paradox exists depends on whether happiness is …

We replicate nine key results from the happiness literature: the Easterlin Paradox, the ‘U-shaped' relation between … happiness and age, the happiness trade-off between inflation and unemployment, cross-country comparisons of happiness, the … impact of the Moving to Opportunity program on happiness, the impact of marriage and children on happiness, the ‘paradox' of …

unpleasant state. In this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these … measures happiness is higher for the more educated, for married people, for those with higher income and for whites and lower …, there is a large body of data on happiness that is unavailable on the U-index. For example, according to happiness research …