What Does Happiness Research Tell Us about Happiness?

An Exploration in the Theory of Optimum Income Taxation

James A. Mirrlees · The Review of Economic Studies · 1971 · 4.4K citations

Public Affairs, Economics, Public Economics +15

Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all?

Richard A. Easterlin · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 1995 · 3.1K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Social Policy +9

Satisfaction and comparison income

Andrew E. Clark, Andrew J. Oswald · Journal of Public Economics · 1996 · 3K citations

Business, Behavioral Sciences, Psychometrics +6

Well-Being Over Time in Britain and the USA

Andrew J. Oswald, David G. Blanchflower, David G. Blanchflower · 1999 · 2.8K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Sociology +16

Unhappiness and Unemployment

Andrew E. Clark, Andrew J. Oswald · The Economic Journal · 1994 · 2.6K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Labor Economics +13