Life satisfaction has been approximately flat through time in Great Britain. Counter to the general US trend, the happiness of blacks in that nation has risen since the early 1970s. The black-white happiness differential has diminished. The happiness of American men has grown. Despite legislation aimed to reduce gender discrimination, the well-being of women has fallen noticeably.
Money does buy happiness.
The paper also calculates the dollar values of life events like unemployment and divorce. They are large. No material is to be copied or reproduced in any other form without prior permission.