-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s … happiness by education have widened substantially. We develop an integrated approach to measuring inequality and decomposing … changes in the distribution of happiness, finding a pervasive decline in within-group inequality during the 1970s and 1980s …

We state the following hypotheses: 1) Happiness depends on social rank – a term from primatology meaning the place in … boost happiness of all. 3) Intelligence is a happiness- boosting tool, which should be more developed by low …

This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or wellbeing). We estimate sibling … that family background explains, on average, between 30% and 60% of the inequality in permanent wellbeing. The influence is …

This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or well- being). We estimate … results suggest that family background explains, on average, between 30% and 60% of the inequality in permanent well …

happiness: other profiles, such as health and family life, are more important. In this paper we want to ascertain whether some …-South economic gap, the quick process of population aging, and the corruption in public administrations impact on personal happiness. …

This note examines the relationship between inequality and happiness in urban China using a large-scale survey … of happiness, although results differ between high and low income individuals. We also examine the effect of reference … group income on reported happiness and find that having wealthier city-mates lowers reported happiness, controlling for own …

inequality. The article explores the factors that contributed to these trends and discusses the relevance of our findings for …

the financial crisis and the ensuing real crisis have roots in the strong increase in incomes inequality that has been …

believe that Latin America has always had very high levels of inequality, suggesting it will be hard for modern social policy … this must always have been true. Indeed, some have argued that high inequality appeared very early in the post … performance we observe there even today. This paper argues to the contrary. Compared with the rest of the world, inequality was …