stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness.Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … where the economic research on happiness stands and of threedirections it might develop. First, it offers new ways for … gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affectpublic policy. …

Are people condemned to an inherent level of experienced happiness? A review of the economic research on subjective … well-being gives reason to the assessment that happiness can change. First, empirical findings clearly indicate that people … of understanding variation in the process of adaptation. The modeling of happiness over the life course promises a …

have a strongly depressing effect on happiness. Income only significantly raises happiness for higher income groups …

Over the past few years, there has been a steadily increasing interest on the part of economists in happiness research … happiness research is able to contribute important insights for economics. We report how the economic variables income …, unemployment and inflation affect happiness as well as how institutional factors, in particular the type of democracy and the …

Over the past few years, there has been a steadily increasing interest on the part of economists in happiness research … happiness research is able to contribute important insights for economics. We report how the economic variables income …, unemployment and inflation affect happiness as well as how institutional factors, in particular the type of democracy and the …