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Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Abstract In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Income Distribution, Socio-economic Status, Wealth
Tagged happiness, income, socio-economic status, well-being
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Breaking News – Happiness with Sex Predicts Marriage Happiness
Breaking News – Happiness with Sex Predicts Marriage Happiness I’m amazed this finding hasn’t been reported previously. The Study Dataset and Dependent Variable. The National Survey of Families and Households: Wave 3 (2001-2003) contains a great amount of information on a sample of … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Income Distribution
Tagged Bible, happiness, income, marriage, roles, sex
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Happiness and Marriage: A Multinomial Logistic Regression
If you want to improve the probability of being “Very Happy” get and stay married. That’s the major takeaway from my latest study on happiness. But there are surprises for individuals who are “Pretty Happy” and “Not too Happy.” Some … Continue reading
Is Your Life Filled with Golf Balls or Sand? Philosophy 101 (Must Read)
Is your life filled with golf balls or sand? Philosophy 101: “A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise … Continue reading
Better Tasting Grocery Store Tomatoes May Be on the Way!
Modern farming technology is great but one great trade off in the tomato industry is less flavor for increased productivity. Grocery store tomatoes look great, feel great and have few blemishes but have little taste. Thankfully, scientists have been at … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Science
Tagged agriculture, geranial, happiness, taste, tomatoes, yield
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Facebook Profile Picture Predicts Life Satisfaction
According to a study published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science, college freshmen whose Facebook profile pictures featured intense smiles were more likely to feel satisfied with their lives 3½ years later. “This research confirms the results of … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness
Tagged Facebook, happiness, photo, prediction, satisfaction, smile
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It’s All Connected: Inequality, Trust, Fairness and Happiness
Another Study Confirms Inequality Matters Despite great increases in GDP American’s over the past 50 years do not report being more happy. In other countries a direct relationship between economic growth and happiness has been observed but not in the … Continue reading
Considering Law School? Read Tamanaha’s Book First
Brian Tamanaha, JD, JSD, has written a new book about law schools for educators, policymakers and students. He concludes the economic model of law schools is broken. He cites data that demonstrates in 2010 “the average debt of law students … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Aid Default Rates, Happiness, Higher Education
Tagged career choice, debt, happiness, law, law schools, median salary
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Happiness – It Helps by Getting Older, Being Female, Having Money, Being Married, Being Healthy, and Being Other than Black or White
During my ‘working years’ I couldn’t help observe the common everyday observation that some people appear to happy while other people appear to be unhappy. You can never be sure of course, but over a sufficient period of time one … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Happiness, Health, Higher Education, Socio-economic Status
Tagged age, education, gender, happiness, health, marriage, race, real personal income, SES, socio-economic status
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