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 …

This study attempts to examine relative income effects on perceived happiness in three
major Asian countries—China, Japan, and Korea—in comparison with the United Sates, on …

This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It
interprets the set of available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between …

Given the sociopolitical turmoil that had previously plagued people in China, the dramatic
rise in prevalence estimates of mental disorders in recent years cannot be simply interpreted …

Richard Wilkinson's 'inequality hypothesis' describes the relationship between societal
income inequality and population health in terms of the corrosive psychosocial effects of …

Social cohesion within a neighborhood, which refers to harmonious interactions and mutual
support among residents, is integral to the social sustainability of the neighborhood and …

Depression today has been found to be a highly prevalent illness in the United States and
other Western countries. Epidemiological surveys indicate that one-third of the general …

We compared the self-reported subjective wellbeing of Māori and New Zealand (NZ)
Europeans in two NZ national postal samples. The first sample was collected in 2005 before …

Os estudos sobre o que gera felicidade no ser humano cresceram vertiginosamente nas
últimas décadas, mostrando que a ciência pode ser grande aliada na discussão do assunto …