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The IZA Discussion Paper Series (ISSN: 2365-9793) disseminates high-quality research by IZA network members to the scientific community and the interested public worldwide before they are later published in academic journals. Comprising more than 17,000 papers, IZA's publication flagship is the most influential working paper series in labor economics.

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18 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15904
Explaining Happiness Trends in Europe
Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119 (37), e2210639119.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14645
Why Does Happiness Respond Differently to an Increase vs. Decrease in Income?
Richard A. Easterlin
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 209, 200 - 204
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13923
The Easterlin Paradox
Richard A. Easterlin, Kelsey J. O'Connor
published in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, first Online: 06 November 2022 (latest version)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13905
How Threatening Are Transformations of Happiness Scales to Subjective Wellbeing Research?
Caspar F. Kaiser, Maarten C.M. Vendrik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11994
Different Versions of the Easterlin Paradox: New Evidence for European Countries
Caspar F. Kaiser, Maarten C.M. Vendrik
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11185
Education, Income and Happiness: Panel Evidence for the UK
Felix FitzRoy, Michael A. Nolan
published in: Empirical Economics, 2020, 58, 2573 - 2592
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9676
Paradox Lost?
Richard A. Easterlin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7353
Subjective Well‐Being and Income: Is There Any Evidence of Satiation?
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
shorter version published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 598-604
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7196
China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010
Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Maggie Switek, Fei Wang
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2012, 109 (25), 9775-9780
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7187
Happiness and Economic Growth: The Evidence
Richard A. Easterlin
published in W. Glatzer, L. Camfield, V. Møller, and M. Rojas (eds.): Global Handbook of Quality of Life: Exploration of Well-Being of Nations and Continents, 2015, 283-299
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7105
The New Stylized Facts about Income and Subjective Well-Being
Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
published in: Emotion, 2012, 12(6), 1181-1187 (lead article)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6761
The Great Happiness Moderation
Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Claudia Senik
published in: Andrew Clark and Claudia Senik (Eds.), Happiness and Economic Growth: Lessons from Developing Countries. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, 22-139
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5799
The Happiness-Income Paradox Revisited
Richard A. Easterlin, Laura Angelescu McVey, Maggie Switek, Onnicha Sawangfa, Jacqueline Smith Zweig
published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2010, 107 (52), 22463-22468
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5785
Antidepressants and Age
David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald
published as 'Antidepressants and age: A new form of evidence for U-shaped well-being through life' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 127, 46-58
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5390
Emotional Prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission
Andrew J. Oswald
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2010, 48 (4), 651-669
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5230
Subjective Well-Being, Income, Economic Development and Growth
Daniel W. Sacks, Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
published in: The World Bank (ed.). Development Challenges in a Post-Crisis World, 2012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4600
Well-being across America
Andrew J. Oswald, Stephen Wu
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2011, 93 (4), 1118-1134
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3654
Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers
published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2008, 1, 1-87
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