, the biggest contributors to happiness in our sample have been the increase in income and the increase in life expectancy …. Our accounting exercise suggests that the unexplained trend in happiness is even bigger than would be predicted if income … was the only argument in the utility function. In other words, introducing omitted variables worsens the income-without-happiness …

off-setting entry is a miscellaneous loss expense entry,in the Profit making US Income Statement. As a Prime Developed …

We use several well-being measures that combine average income with a measure of inequality to undertake international …

We use several well-being measures that combine average income with a measure of inequality to undertake intertemporal … per cent smaller than world per capita income if the unequal income distribution is also factored in. Conversely, growth … in world well-being has been larger than world income growth between 1970-1998. Since the inclusion of inequality has an …

and social relations significantly contribute to his overall life satisfaction, over and above the level of his income …. The findings also imply that the use of non-income measures in standard analyses of well-being is justified on the grounds … have become more satisfied, but there is no change in the relationship of income and life satisfaction, ceteris paribus …

unemployment can explain more of the cross- country variation in happiness than income per capita. …This paper analyses the determinants of happiness in seven Eastern European transition countries during the early phase … happiness in Eastern Europe. In addition, rural dwellers and church goers experience greater life- satisfaction. Aggregate …