Suicide mortality in a population has long been thought to be sensitive to social, economic
and cultural contexts. This review examined research on the relationship between social …

Executive Overview This paper describes the findings from a new, and intrinsically
interdisciplinary, literature on happiness and well-being. The paper focuses on international …

Over the last decades, empirical research on subjective well-being in the social sciences
has provided a major new stimulation of the discourse on individual happiness. Recently …

We measure the impact of individuals' looks on life satisfaction and happiness. Using six
data sets, from Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we construct …

Innovation should improve people's lives. The links made between innovation and
subjective wellbeing (SWB) have, however, rarely been made. We use a representative …

Recently, economists and behavioral scientists have studied the pattern of human well-
being over the lifespan. In dozens of countries, and for a large range of well-being …

This paper empirically analyzes whether large governments in Europe reflect efficient
responses to a changing social and economic environment ('welfare economic view') as …

There is enough evidence to be confident that individuals are able and willing to provide a
meaningful answer when asked to value on a finite scale their satisfaction with their own …

Suicide kills more Americans each year than die in motor accidents. Yet its causes remain
poorly understood. We suggest in this paper that the level of others' happiness may be a risk …

Abstract This paper uses Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to study life
satisfaction and mental health across the geography of the United States. The analysis …