In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …

is not explicit in Sen's original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A second set of … association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children which seem to suggest …

activities which is not explicit in Sen’s original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A … some cases the association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children …

of others undercuts the tendency for happiness to grow with an increase in one's own income, and happiness remains fairly …, and the greater the shortfall, the less one's happiness. There is thus an asymmetry in the psychological roots of income … evaluations when income is rising vs. falling , and this causes a corresponding asymmetry in the response of happiness to the …

and subjective well-being. Using Veenhoven's happiness dataset, the evidence suggests countries with better economic … effect of institutions on cross-national happiness is both significant and robust to different model specifications …