Does happiness vary with age? The evidence is inconclusive. Some studies show happiness to increase with age (Diener et al. 1999; Argyle 2001). Others hold that the association is U-shaped with either highest depression rates (Mroczek and Christian, 1998; Blanchflower and Oswald, 2008) or highest...

The budget crisis in Greece is only the latest illustration of the detrimental effects of tax evasion. How can governments increase tax compliance? Based on insights from behavioral economics and happiness research we conduct a laboratory experiment on framing effects on tax compliance....

Does the gender of immigrants affect the subjective well-being of natives? Our analysis is based on representative data from Germany and Catalonia (Spain). Both regions represent two most-different EU cases in terms of macroeconomic context, political mobilisation, and typology of migrants....