There have been increasing efforts to monitor the wellbeing of children around the world
using systematic tools, such as indicators and indices. Invaluable lessons for the …

Interest in the experience of well-being, as both a research topic and as a policy goal, has
significantly increased in recent decades. Although subjective well-being (SWB) …

In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly
review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the …

This paper uses data from the Gallup World Poll to explore the determinants of subjective
well-being. The paper builds on the existing literature on the determinants of subjective well …

An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can
measure well-being. Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life …

There is considerable evidence that various psychiatric conditions can be prevented through
the implementation of effective evidence-based interventions. Since a large proportion of …

This article sheds light on the important differences in self-declared happiness across
countries of similar affluence. It hinges on the different happiness statements of natives and …

We study the impact of the earned income tax credit (EITC) on various measures of
subjective well-being (SWB) using the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) …

The current paper empirically examines the relationship between social media and
happiness. Unlike existing works, we study this nexus from a global perspective using a …

We use recent pooled survey data on 90 000 individuals in 26 European countries to
examine religious spillover effects on life satisfaction. Own religious behaviour is positively …