• DOI:10.1038/s41562-017-0277-0
Corpus ID: 205565063

Happiness, income satiation and turning points around the world

@article{Jebb2017HappinessIS,
  title={Happiness, income satiation and turning points around the world},
  author={Andrew T. Jebb and L. Tay and E. Diener and S. Oishi},
  journal={Nature Human Behaviour},
  year={2017},
  volume={2},
  pages={33-38}
}

Andrew T. Jebb, L. Tay, +1 author S. Oishi

Published 2017

Psychology, Medicine

Nature Human Behaviour

Income is known to be associated with happiness1, but debates persist about the exact nature of this relationship2,3. Does happiness rise indefinitely with income, or is there a point at which higher incomes no longer lead to greater well-being? We examine this question using data from the Gallup World Poll, a representative sample of over 1.7 million individuals worldwide. Controlling for demographic factors, we use spline regression models to statistically identify points of ‘income satiation… CONTINUE READING

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