The empirical science of subjective well-being, popularly referred to as happiness or
satisfaction, has grown enormously in the past decade. In this Review, we selectively …

Subjective well-being (SWB) is an extremely active area of research with about 170,000
articles and books published on the topic in the past 15 years. Methodological and …

Many studies use shift-share (or “Bartik”) instruments, which average a set of shocks with
exposure share weights. We provide a new econometric framework for shift-share …

Countries around the world are enacting pay transparency policies to combat pay
discrimination. Since 2000, 71 percent of OECD countries have done so. Most are enacting …

This paper provides evidence from a natural experiment on the relationship between
positive affect and productivity. We link highly detailed administrative data on the behaviors …

We use 13 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA)
survey to examine the effect of fuel poverty on subjective wellbeing (SWB) in Australia. We …

Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next? - Clark - 2018 - Review of Income
and Wealth - Wiley Online Library Skip to Article Content Skip to Article Information Wiley Online …

The current review evaluates the status hypothesis, which states that that the desire for
status is a fundamental motive. Status is defined as the respect, admiration, and voluntary …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

Previous studies evaluating the welfare cost of air pollution have not paid much attention to
its potential effect on mental health and subjective well-being (SWB). This paper attempts to …