Press Release: The results suggest that immigrants' well-being is strongly influenced by economic conditions and social trust in their new country. While economic factors play a role for both groups, social trust appears to be a more significant factor for immigrant adolescents, highlighting the importance of social integration policies.

Press Release: This paper explores how social capital moderates the link between personal well-being and consumption behavior, finding that high social capital countries exhibit different spending patterns relative to well-being levels.

Press Release: The study advocates for the systematic inclusion of subjective well-being metrics in national progress dashboards to provide a more holistic view of societal advancement beyond traditional economic indicators.

Press Release: This paper quantifies the negative impact of declining social trust and environmental quality on the well-being of citizens in developed nations, providing a cost estimate for these non-market externalities.

Press Release: A retrospective analysis of the Easterlin Paradox, examining five decades of data and evidence to determine the current validity of the claim that economic growth does not necessarily increase happiness in the long run.

Press Release: This study assesses the suitability and validity of existing Health-related Quality of Life scales for measuring the well-being of individuals with rare diseases, proposing improvements for more accurate assessment.

Press Release: A deep dive into the 'U-shape' pattern of happiness over the life course, focusing on the commonly observed midlife dip and suggesting areas for future research into its causes and implications.

Press Release: This paper attempts to synthesize various conceptualizations of well-being across different disciplines to establish a more unified and common language for researchers and policymakers.

Press Release: The paper investigates the link between perceived cultural discrimination and the tendency toward behavioral polarization within societies, finding significant negative effects on social cohesion and well-being.

Press Release: This study explores why, in certain contexts, measures of generalized trust may not correlate positively with reported well-being, suggesting a 'Trust Paradox' that needs careful consideration in policy making.

Press Release: The paper introduces a novel information theoretic approach to measure gender inequality in educational outcomes, offering a more nuanced metric than traditional methods for policy evaluation.

Press Release: This study challenges pessimistic views of societal progress by analyzing long-term trends in various well-being indicators, concluding that life quality continues to improve in many aspects globally.

Press Release: The inaugural paper of the series reviews existing frameworks for measuring societal progress and proposes a new integrated model that combines objective metrics with subjective well-being data.