SOCIOECONOMICS OF HAPPINESS

• INCOME

Progressive taxation, income inequality, and happiness.

American Psychologist 2018 Data|Materials

Income reliably predicts daily sadness, but not happiness: A replication and extension of Kushlev, Dunn, & Lucas (2015).

Social Psychological and Personality Science 2016 Preregistration

Higher income is associated with less daily sadness but not more daily happiness.

Social Psychological and Personality Science 2015 

• PARENTING

The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? 

Psychological Bulletin 2014

Parents are slightly happier than nonparents, but causality still cannot be inferred: A reply to Bhargava, Kassam, and Loewenstein. 

Psychological Science 2013

Parents reap what they sow: Child-centrism and parental well-being. 

Social Psychology and Personality Science 2013

In defense of parenthood: Children are associated with more joy than misery. 

Psychological Science 2012

Does affluence impoverish the experience of parenting? 

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2012