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 …

The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant
over time despite sharp rises in GNP per head. At the same time, a micro literature has …

This article examines the effects of DP, HI, and HDI on LF and EG in Romania for the period
2013-2019. By using path analysis, we need to divide into two models (direct effect and …

We surveyed a large sample of Swedish lottery players about their psychological well-being
5–22 years after a major lottery event and analysed the data following pre-registered …

This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their
decisions to exercise regularly, eat well, drink moderately, and avoid tobacco. Locus of …

How do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare
and well-being, this book finds ways to do that. Subjective measures have been used by …

This paper empirically investigates the impact of relational goods on individual life
satisfaction. By relational goods we indicate the affective/expressive, non instrumental, side …

This paper reviews subjective well-being studies on income, work and family life with
particular attention to transition countries. The main differences in conclusions for two types …

In the 1990s transition from socialism to capitalism in Eastern Europe life satisfaction
followed the collapse and recovery of GDP, but failed to recover commensurately. By 2005 …

This paper uses data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia
(HILDA) Survey to investigate the association between neighbourhood effects and life …