The most commonly cited statistic in happiness economics is the rule that somewhere between $40,000 and $110,000, a higher salary doesn't buy much more joy or satisfaction.

At one point in your life you’ve likely been told, “Money can’t buy you happiness.” Two renowned economists—the late Daniel Kahneman, a winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, and University of ...

While the economics of happiness has boomed, the economics of unhappiness has been neglected. Yet there are many objective sources of unhappiness that good economic research might tackle productively.

The findings, from Wharton senior fellow Matt Killingsworth, suggest the positive association between money and happiness continues far up the economic ladder, disputing previous studies that found ...

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that awareness of economic disparity affects ...

The economics of happiness has significant implications for policymakers, who are becoming increasingly conscious of the necessity to give happiness preference when making decisions.

Money can get you less stress and more joy. But so can making this one change to your lifestyle, a new analysis finds.

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The Misery Index attempts to measure economic unhappiness using rates of unemployment and inflation. data suggests Americans should be pretty happy, but polling indicates that's not the case.

Happiness is a universal human desire, but what exactly makes us happy? Is it money, social status, or something else entirely? These are the questions that the economics of happiness seeks to ...