Rising happiness in nations,1946-2004. A reply to Easterlin

ABSTRACT The ‘Easterlin paradox’ holds that economic growth does not add to the quality-of-life and that this appears in the fact that average happiness in nations has not risen in the last few decades. The latest trend data show otherwise. Average happiness has increased slightly in rich nations and considerably in the few poor nations for which data are available. Since longevity has also increased, the average number of happy life years has increased at an unprecedented rate since the 1950s

The influence of first generation fertility and economic status on second generation fertility

This paper examines the impact of parental economic status and family size on the actual and expected fertility of adult children using longitudinal data from two generations of families participating in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. There was a modest positive relationship between first generation family size and second generation fertility. More importantly, the ideal family size of the parental family was more closely related to fertility behavior and plans in the second generation than was actual parental family size. In addition, the data revealed the hypothesized negative correlation between parental financial status and second generation fertility behavior and plans. Several mechanisms which could produce the correlation between parental characteristics and the fertility of their children are explored.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43511/1/11111_2005_Article_BF01253070.pd

The value of children to parents in the United States

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43479/1/11111_2004_Article_BF01277597.pd

Feeding the Illusion of Growth and Happiness: A Reply to Hagerty and Veenhoven

happiness, economic growth, time series,

Status-seeking behavior, the evolution of income inequality, and growth

Status-seeking, Relative income, Income inequality, D31, O15, O40,

Theory of negative consumption externalities with applications to the economics of happiness

Negative consumption externalities, Pareto efficiency, Happiness economics, D61, D62, H23,