happiness. Using a cross-sectional multi-country dataset with 57 thousand observations from 29 European countries, we show that … unhappiness varies a great deal more across social groups than (high levels of) happiness does. Our findings are robust to several … alternative specifications, using both self-reported life satisfaction and self-reported happiness, and different cut-off points …

divorced, and report worse health than men. Based on the happiness literature, these inequalities should cause women to be less … happy than men. This study investigates this hypothesis using the Gallup World Poll to estimate differences in happiness … the magnitude of the female–male happiness gap can be explained by country characteristics, such as economic development …

opportunities. It is widely believed that happiness research based on self-reports on people’s satisfaction with life has made a … significant contribution to this understanding. The growing numbers of happiness studies provoke the question whether, and … answering this question, this review paper provides a survey of the general happiness conception, the formative steps of …

I argue that the rapidly growing happiness literature raises an important challenge for the capability approach. Its … whole' seems relevant within the capability approach. However, for a non-welfarist, it is necessary to 'clean' the happiness … happiness results. …