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Working Papers
2015
- Unhappy development: dissatisfaction with life on the eve of the Arab spring
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
See also Journal Article Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction With Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring, Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (2018) View citations (33) (2018)
2014
- Financial Distress and Happiness of Employees in Times of Economic Crisis
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, Tinbergen Institute View citations (2)
See also Journal Article Financial distress and happiness of employees in times of economic crisis, Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (14) (2015)
2013
- The Easterlin illusion: economic growth does go with greater happiness
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (28)
See also Journal Article The Easterlin illusion: economic growth does go with greater happiness, International Journal of Happiness and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2014) View citations (31) (2014)
2012
- Evidence based pursuit of happiness: What should we know, do we know and can we get to know?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
- Social Development and Happiness in Nations
ISD Working Paper Series, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague View citations (3)
- Why are Latin Europeans less happy? The impact of hierarchy
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
2011
- Life satisfaction in Nations
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
- World Database of Happiness Example of a focused ‘Findings Archive’
RatSWD Working Papers, German Data Forum (RatSWD) 
Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2011)
2009
- The Establishment of the GENEQOL Consortium to Investigate the Genetic Disposition of Patient-Reported Quality-of-Life Outcomes
RatSWD Working Papers, German Data Forum (RatSWD) View citations (1)
2008
- How universal is happiness?
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (4)
- Virtual Worlds as Petri Dishes for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
RatSWD Working Papers, German Data Forum (RatSWD)
2007
- Measures of Gross National Happiness
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (21)
2004
- Subjective Measures of Well-being
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (23)
- Sustainable consumption and happiness
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)
2001
- Why social policy needs subjective indicators
Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Social Structure and Social Reporting, WZB Berlin Social Science Center View citations (5)
See also Journal Article Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators, Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2002) View citations (105) (2002)
1992
- Social equality and state welfare effort: More income-equality, no more equality in quality of life
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
1990
- Inequality in happiness: inequality in countries compared across countries
MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (7)
Journal Articles
2025
- Does Happiness Foster Social Bonds? A Research Synthesis Using an Online Finding Archive
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2025, 26, (3), 1-31
2023
- Editorial: Special Issue on Subjective Well-being and Mental Health in the Early Days of COVID-19
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2023, 18, (1), 1-8
2022
- What is in the name? Content analysis of questionnaires on perceived quality of one’s work life
Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2022, 56, (3), 1045-1072 View citations (1)
2021
- Happiness and Consumption: A Research Synthesis Using an Online Finding Archive* â€
SAGE Open, 2021, 11, (1), 2158244020986239 View citations (4)
- Pioneer in Subjective Quality of Life Research: Willem Saris
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, 16, (3), 1395-1397
- Will Healthy Eating Make You Happier? A Research Synthesis Using an Online Findings Archive
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, 16, (1), 221-240 View citations (1)
2020
- Can Happiness Apps Generate Nationally Representative Datasets? - a Case Study Collecting Data on People’s Happiness Using the German Socio-Economic Panel
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2020, 15, (4), 1135-1149
- Ways to Greater Happiness: A Delphi Study
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, 21, (8), 2789-2806 View citations (1)
2019
- Did the Easterlin Paradox apply in South Korea between 1980 and 2015? A case study
International Review of Economics, 2019, 66, (4), 325-351 View citations (3)
2018
- Co-development of Happiness Research: Addition to “Fifty Years After the Social Indicator Movement”
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2018, 135, (3), 1001-1007 View citations (1)
- Contextual correlates of happiness in European adults
PLOS ONE, 2018, 13, (1), 1-17 View citations (4)
- Erratum to: Freedom and Happiness in Nations: A Research Synthesis
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018, 13, (2), 457-459 View citations (10)
- Freedom and Happiness in Nations: A Research Synthesis
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018, 13, (2), 435-456 View citations (12)
- How Does More Attention to Subjective Well-Being Affect Subjective Well-Being?
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018, 13, (4), 1055-1080 View citations (5)
- Life-satisfaction is more a matter of feeling well than having what you want. Tests of Veenhoven's theory
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2018, 4, (3), 209-235 View citations (8)
- Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction With Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring
Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64, (s1), S80-S113 View citations (33)
See also Working Paper Unhappy development: dissatisfaction with life on the eve of the Arab spring, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (14) (2015)
2017
- Greater Happiness for a Greater Number: Did the Promise of Enlightenment Come True?
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 130, (1), 9-25 View citations (8)
- Mood during commute in the Netherlands
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2017, 104, (C), 195-208 View citations (13)
- The ‘10 Excess’ Phenomenon in Responses to Survey Questions on Happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 131, (2), 853-870 View citations (1)
2016
- Conversion of Verbal Response Scales: Robustness Across Demographic Categories
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, 126, (1), 331-358 View citations (1)
- Happy Protest Voters: The Case of Rotterdam 1997–2009
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, 126, (2), 739-756 View citations (1)
- Pooling Time Series Based on Slightly Different Questions About the Same Topic Forty Years of Survey Research on Happiness and Life Satisfaction in The Netherlands
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, 126, (2), 863-891 View citations (1)
- Why are Locals Happier than Internal Migrants? The Role of Daily Life
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2016, 125, (2), 481-508 View citations (13)
2015
- Consumption and happiness: an introduction
International Review of Economics, 2015, 62, (2), 91-99 View citations (11)
- Financial distress and happiness of employees in times of economic crisis
Applied Economics Letters, 2015, 22, (3), 173-179 View citations (14)
See also Working Paper Financial Distress and Happiness of Employees in Times of Economic Crisis, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (2) (2014)
- Geography of happiness: configurations of affective and cognitive appraisal of life across nations
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2015, 2, (2), 101-117 View citations (4)
- Informed Pursuit of Happiness: What we should know, do know and can get to know
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2015, 16, (4), 1035-1071 View citations (13)
- Stability of Boundaries Between Response Options of Response Scales: Does ‘Very Happy’ Remain Equally Happy over the Years?
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2015, 123, (1), 241-266
2014
- Homogenizing Responses to Different Survey Questions on the Same Topic: Proposal of a Scale Homogenization Method Using a Reference Distribution
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2014, 117, (1), 275-300 View citations (11)
- Index of Inequality-Adjusted Happiness (IAH) Improved: A Research Note
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, 15, (6), 1259-1265 View citations (4)
- The Easterlin illusion: economic growth does go with greater happiness
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2014, 1, (4), 311-343 View citations (31)
See also Working Paper The Easterlin illusion: economic growth does go with greater happiness, MPRA Paper (2013) View citations (28) (2013)
2013
- Contentment and Affect in the Estimation of Happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2013, 110, (2), 415-431 View citations (10)
- Daily Activities and Happiness in Later Life: The Role of Work Status
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2013, 14, (5), 1507-1527 View citations (3)
- Has modernisation gone too far? Modernity and happiness in 141 contemporary nations
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2013, 1, (2), 172-195 View citations (2)
2012
- Does intelligence boost happiness? Smartness of all pays more than being smarter than others
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2012, 1, (1), 5-27 View citations (8)
2011
- Do They Know How Happy They Are? On the Value of Self-Rated Happiness of People With a Mental Disorder
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2011, 12, (5), 793-806 View citations (2)
- Finding the Key to Happy Aging: A Day Reconstruction Study of Happiness
The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2011, 66B, (6), 665-674 View citations (10)
- Happiness Scale Interval Study. Methodological Considerations
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2011, 102, (3), 497-515 View citations (9)
2010
- Capability and happiness: Conceptual difference and reality links
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2010, 39, (3), 344-350 View citations (30)
- Greater Happiness for a Greater Number
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2010, 11, (5), 605-629 View citations (32)
- Life is Getting Better: Societal Evolution and Fit with Human Nature
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2010, 97, (1), 105-122 View citations (9)
2009
- False Promise of Happiness
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, 10, (3), 385-386 View citations (2)
- Well-Being in Nations and Well-Being of Nations
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2009, 91, (1), 5-21 View citations (26)
2008
- Ancient Chinese philosophical advice: can it help us find happiness today?
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9, (3), 425-443 View citations (6)
- Happiness in shrinking cities in Germany
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9, (2), 213-218 View citations (15)
- Healthy happiness: effects of happiness on physical health and the consequences for preventive health care
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9, (3), 449-469 View citations (125)
- Religiousness and happiness in three nations: a research note
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, 9, (2), 207-211 View citations (18)
2006
- Rising Happiness in Nations 1946–2004: A Reply to Easterlin
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2006, 79, (3), 421-436 View citations (66)
2005
- Apparent Quality-of-Life in Nations: How Long and Happy People Live
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2005, 71, (1), 61-86 View citations (40)
- Inequality Of Happiness in Nations
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2005, 6, (4), 351-355 View citations (113)
- Inequality-Adjusted Happiness in Nations Egalitarianism and Utilitarianism Married in a New Index of Societal Performance
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2005, 6, (4), 421-455 View citations (12)
- Measuring Inequality of Happiness in Nations: In Search for Proper Statistics
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2005, 6, (4), 357-396 View citations (69)
- Return of Inequality in Modern Society? Test by Dispersion of Life-Satisfaction Across Time and Nations
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2005, 6, (4), 457-487 View citations (45)
- Review of Barry Schwartz “The Paradox of Choice. Why more is less” Harper & Collins, New York, USA 2004, ISBN 0-06-000568-8, 265 pages
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2005, 6, (1), 93-96 View citations (2)
2003
- Arts-of-Living
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, 4, (4), 373-384 View citations (3)
- Hedonism and Happiness
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, 4, (4), 437-457 View citations (17)
- Notions of Art-of-Living
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, 4, (4), 345-349
- Obituary Michael Argyle 1925–2002
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, 4, (3), 241-241
- Wealth and Happiness Revisited – Growing National Income Does Go with Greater Happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2003, 64, (1), 1-27 View citations (158)
2002
- Why Social Policy Needs Subjective Indicators
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2002, 58, (1), 33-46 View citations (105)
See also Working Paper Why social policy needs subjective indicators, Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Social Structure and Social Reporting (2001) View citations (5) (2001)
2001
- Are the Russians as Unhappy as they say they are?
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2001, 2, (2), 111-136 View citations (29)
- Preface
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2001, 2, (2), 93-94
2000
- Editorial
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2000, 1, (1), 5-8
- Introduction
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2000, 1, (4), 419-421
- Stability of Life-satisfaction over Time
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2000, 1, (2), 177-205 View citations (85)
- The Four Qualities of Life
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2000, 1, (1), 1-39 View citations (177)
1999
- Quality-of-Life in Individualistic Society
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1999, 48, (2), 159-188 View citations (60)
1998
- Two State-Trait Discussions on Happiness. A Reply to Stones et al
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1998, 43, (3), 211-225 View citations (6)
1996
- Developments in satisfaction-research
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1996, 37, (1), 1-46 View citations (165)
- Happy life-expectancy
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1996, 39, (1), 1-58 View citations (36)
1995
- Book reviews
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1995, 34, (1), 171-180
- Livability of the welfare-state
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1995, 36, (1), 1-48 View citations (13)
- The cross-national pattern of happiness: Test of predictions implied in three theories of happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1995, 34, (1), 33-68 View citations (104)
- World Database of Happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1995, 34, (3), 299-313 View citations (19)
1994
- Is happiness a trait?
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1994, 32, (2), 101-160 View citations (89)
1991
- Is happiness relative?
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1991, 24, (1), 1-34 View citations (343)
- Top-down versus bottom-up theories of subjective well-being
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1991, 24, (1), 81-100 View citations (92)
1988
- The utility of happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1988, 20, (4), 333-354 View citations (48)
1987
- A comment on Kozma's review of Conditions of Happiness
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1987, 19, (2), 273-273
- Cultural bias in ratings of perceived life quality
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1987, 19, (3), 329-334 View citations (2)
- Lebensqualität in der bundesrepublik
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1987, 19, (3), 379-381
1986
- Reviews
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1986, 18, (2), 221-231
- Reviews
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1986, 18, (1), 125-127
1983
- The growing impact of marriage
Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 1983, 12, (1), 49-63 View citations (1)
Chapters
2020
- World Database of Happiness: a ‘findings archive’
Chapter 2 in Handbook on Wellbeing, Happiness and the Environment, 2020, pp 25-45 View citations (1)
2016
- Quality of life and happiness: concepts and measures
Chapter 14 in Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Happiness and Quality of Life, 2016, pp 309-333
2009
- How Do We Assess How Happy We Are? Tenets, Implications and Tenability of Three Theories
Chapter 3 in Happiness, Economics and Politics, 2009 View citations (7)
2006
- Quality-of-Life in the Modern Society Measured with Happy Life Years
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)
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