The University of Southern California, where he was an emeritus professor, called him the “father of happiness economics” in announcing his death. Mr. Easterlin died at 98 on Dec. 16 at his ...

Di Tella, Rafael, Alberto Alesina, and Robert MacCulloch. "Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?" Journal of Public Economics 88, nos. 9-10 (August 2004): 2009–42.

For policy-makers, it was a startling discovery that economic growth on its own was insufficient to increase the average level of happiness and wellbeing across a population. To pursue happiness and ...

Estimating the value of time for wellbeing policy Dr Christian Krekel discusses his current research and recent advances in behavioural welfare economics that use people’s self-reported life ...

It turns out, the old adage 'Money can't buy happiness' is true. Economic growth and higher household incomes have historically be seen as a way to increase people's well-being - and global ...

A study from earlier this year found that financial happiness starts at $85,000 a ... based one is the natural next step in our country's economic journey. The data backs it up.