Genes, economics, and happiness.

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Influence of life stress on depression: moderation by a polymorphism in the 5-HTT gene

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Well-being : the foundations of hedonic psychology

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Global variation in copy number in the human genome

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Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

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What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research?

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Contributions of the Amygdala to Emotion Processing: From Animal Models to Human Behavior

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Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being

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Relative Income, Happiness, and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles

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Do we really know what makes us happy? A review of the economic literature on the factors associated with subjective well-being

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Satisfaction and comparison income

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Serotonin transporter genetic variation and the response of the human amygdala.

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Allelic Variation of Human Serotonin Transporter Gene Expression

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Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social network: longitudinal analysis over 20 years in the Framingham Heart Study

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5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts human cingulate-amygdala interactions: a genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression

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Happiness and Economics

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Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness

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Happiness Is a Stochastic Phenomenon

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Interaction Between the Serotonin Transporter Gene (5-HTTLPR), Stressful Life Events, and Risk of Depression: A Meta-analysis

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AN INVESTIGATION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN FAMILIES

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Genome structural variation discovery and genotyping

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The Macroeconomics of Happiness

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Personality and Subjective Well-Being

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Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being

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Would You Be Happier If You Were Richer? A Focusing Illusion

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Most People Are Happy

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The Genetic Architecture of Quantitative Traits

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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox

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Long story short: the serotonin transporter in emotion regulation and social cognition

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The Inheritance of Inequality

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Some Uses of Happiness Data in Economics

Tella, R. D., & MacCulloch, R. (2006) · Journal of Economic Perspectives · doi:10.1257/089533006776526111 · Cited by 889 · see citing works

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Happiness Quantified

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Serotonin Transporter (5-HTTLPR) Genotype and Amygdala Activation: A Meta-Analysis

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Meta‐analysis of the association between a serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5‐HTTLPR) and anxiety‐related personality traits

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Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-Being: Evidence from the U.S.A.

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Amygdala-prefrontal coupling depends on a genetic variation of the serotonin transporter

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Genetics of emotional regulation: the role of the serotonin transporter in neural function

Hariri, A. R., & Holmes, A. (2006) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.tics.2006.02.011 · Cited by 666 · see citing works

Assumption-Free Estimation of Heritability from Genome-Wide Identity-by-Descent Sharing between Full Siblings

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Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins

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Happiness: a revolution in economics

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Making a Life Worth Living: Neural Correlates of Well-Being

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Simultaneous genotyping of four functional loci of human SLC6A4, with a reappraisal of 5-HTTLPR and rs25531

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Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being

Luttmer, E. F. P. (2004) · National Bureau of Economic Research · doi:10.3386/w10667 · Cited by 468 · see citing works

Genetic Variation in Preferences for Giving and Risk Taking *

Cesarini, D. A., Dawes, C. T., Johannesson, M., Lichtenstein, P., & Wallace, B. (2009) · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · doi:10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.809 · Cited by 460 · see citing works

Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness

Rayo, L., & Becker, G. S. (2007) · Journal of Political Economy · doi:10.1086/516737 · Cited by 430 · see citing works

A test of the equal-environment assumption in twin studies of psychiatric illness

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Genetic Variation in Political Participation

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Cocaine, Ethanol, and Genotype Effects on Human Midbrain Serotonin Transporter Binding Sites and mRNA Levels

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Beyond affect: A role for genetic variation of the serotonin transporter in neural activation during a cognitive attention task

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A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions

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Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies

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The Determinants of Earnings: Genetics, Family, and Other Environments; A Study of White Male Twins

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Serotonin and Stress

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Does measurement instrument moderate the association between the serotonin transporter gene and anxiety-related personality traits? A meta-analysis

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Candidate genes for behavioural ecology

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Model of genetic variation in human social networks

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Women's Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility

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Economic Growth and Subjective Well-Being: Reassessing the Easterlin ParadoxPreprint

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Looking on the bright side: biased attention and the human serotonin transporter gene

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Born to be Happy? The Etiology of Subjective Well-Being

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Subjective well-being: genetic and environmental contributions to stability and change

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Happiness and Economics: How the Economy and Institutions Affect Well-Being

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Heritability of life satisfaction in adults: a twin-family study

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The Promises and Pitfalls of Genoeconomics

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Sexual dichotomy of an interaction between early adversity and the serotonin transporter gene promoter variant in rhesus macaques

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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) Twin Data

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The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) Twin Data

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Behavioral Economics as Applied to Firms: A PrimerPreprint

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Moderation of antidepressant response by the serotonin transporter gene

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Genetic information, obesity, and labor market outcomes

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The effect of Protestantism on education before the industrialization: Evidence from 1816 Prussia

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Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-Being: Evidence from the USAPreprint

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What is an adequate standard of living during Retirement?

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Molecular Genetics and Economics

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Glucocorticoid‐regulated human serotonin transporter (5‐HTT) expression is modulated by the 5‐HTT gene‐promotor‐linked polymorphic region

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Functional polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in the serotonin transporter gene is associated with subjective well-being: evidence from a US nationally representative sample

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Dopamine, Reward Prediction Error, and Economics*

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Genetic and Shared Environmental Influences on Adolescent BMI: Interactions with Race and Sex

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Monetary persistence and the labor market: A new perspective

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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Obesity

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Genetic lotteries within families

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Habits, Peers, and Happiness: An Evolutionary Perspective

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Ageing and the welfare state: securing sustainability

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Oil Prices and Stock Markets: What Drives What in the Gulf Corporation Council Countries?Preprint

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Global Sourcing Decisions and Firm Productivity: Evidence from SpainPreprint

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Family Job Search, Wage Bargaining, and Optimal Unemployment InsurancePreprint

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Markov-Switching and the Ifo Business Climate

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The Effect of Surveillance Cameras on Crime: Evidence from the Stockholm SubwayPreprint

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Combinatorial interaction between two human serotonin transporter gene variable number tandem repeats and their regulation by CTCF

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Competition in the Service Sector and the Performances of Manufacturing Firms: Does Liberalization Matter?Preprint

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ASSET AUCTIONS, INFORMATION, AND LIQUIDITY

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Taxation of Foreign Profits with Heterogeneous Multinational Firms

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Testing, not Modelling, the Impact of Cohesion Support: A Theoretical Framework and some Preliminary Results for the Spanish RegionsPreprint

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Self-Reported Zygosity and the Equal-Environments Assumption for Psychiatric Disorders in the Vietnam Era Twin Registry

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Panel Conditioning and Self-Reported Satisfaction: Evidence from International Panel Data and Repeated Cross-SectionsPreprint

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National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious ExplorationPreprint

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Genetic architecture of well-being: cumulative effect of serotonergic polymorphisms

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El bienestar subjetivo como enfoque e instrumento de la política pública: Una revisión analítica de la literatura

Cereceda, R. C. (2012) · Estado Gobierno y Gestión Pública · doi:10.5354/0717-6759.2012.25862 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

At Risk of Deprivation

Bergmann, J. (2023) · Studien zur Migrations- und Integrationspolitik · doi:10.1007/978-3-658-42298-1 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

The Savanna Theory of Happiness

Satoshi Kanazawa, A., & Li, N. P. (2018) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190299323.013.48 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Credit card borrowing and the monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) gene

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Life (Dis)Satisfaction and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern EuropePreprint

Otrachshenko, V., & Popova, O. I. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2046913 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Too educated to be happy? An investigation into the relationship between education and subjective well-being

Striessnig, E. (2015) · ePubWU Institutional Repository (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) · Cited by 9 · see citing works

MicroRNA signatures in neuroplasticity, neuroinflammation and neurotransmission in association with depression

Choudhary, A., Kumar, A., Jindal, M., Rhuthuparna, M., & Munshi, A. (2024) · Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1007/s13105-024-01065-4 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Parent- and Observer-Rated Positive Affect in Early Childhood: Genetic Overlap and Environmental Specificity

Flom, M., Wang, M., Uccello, K. J., & Saudino, K. J. (2018) · Behavior Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10519-018-9924-0 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Regional Unemployment and Norm-Induced Effects on Life SatisfactionPreprint

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How the wellbeing function varies with age: the importance of income, health and social relations over the lifecycle

Bitzer, J., Gören, E., & Heinz Welsch, B. (2024) · Economica · doi:10.1111/ecca.12528 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Variants of the Monoamine Oxidase A gene (MAOA) predict free-riding behavior in women in a strategic public goods experiment.

Mertins, V., Schote, A. B., & Meyer, J. (2013) · Journal of Neuroscience Psychology and Economics · doi:10.1037/a0032877 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

The biometric antecedents to happiness

Böckerman, P., Bryson, A., Viinikainen, J., Hakulinen, C. A., Hintsanen, M., Pehkonen, J., Viikari, J. S. A., & Raitakari, O. T. (2017) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0184887 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Reich und zufrieden? Theorie und Empirie zur Beziehung von Wohlstand und Lebenszufriedenheit

Keuschnigg, M., & Wolbring, T. (2012) · Berliner Journal für Soziologie · doi:10.1007/s11609-012-0183-2 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Life (Dis)Satisfaction and Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern EuropePreprint

Popova, O. I., & Otrachshenko, V. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1982502 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Happiness and Health: An Intricate Relationship

Kar, N. (2023) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-981-99-3493-5_9 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Genetic distance and differences in happiness across nations: Some preliminary evidence

Burger, M., Veenhoven, R., Kakar, L., & Commandeur, H. R. (2015) · EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Hope and the Life Course: Results From a Longitudinal Study of 25,000 Adults

Graham, C. L., & Mujcic, R. (2025) · Health Economics · doi:10.1002/hec.70041 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Gender and Well-Being Disparities Among People who Work from Home in Chile

Montero, R., & Bernal, N. (2024) · Journal of Happiness Studies · doi:10.1007/s10902-024-00773-4 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Gender and socioeconomic inequalities in health and wellbeing across age in France and Switzerland

Barbuscia, A., & Comolli, C. L. (2021) · Vienna Yearbook of Population Research · doi:10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res2.2 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Impact of OXTR Polymorphisms on Subjective Well-Being: The Intermediary Role of Attributional Style

Ji, L., Chen, C., Hou, B., Ren, D., Yuan, F., Liu, L., Bi, Y., Guo, Z., Yang, F., Wu, X. L., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Genetics · doi:10.3389/fgene.2021.763628 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Art Value Creation and Destruction

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An Analysis of the Subjective Well-Being in the Italian Regions Through an ANN Algorithm

Magazzino, C., Mele, M., Gurrieri, A. R., & Morelli, G. (2024) · Journal of the Knowledge Economy · doi:10.1007/s13132-024-01817-z · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Revisión de algunos avances en la literatura sobre variables predictoras concernientes al “Bienestar Subjetivo”

Cajiao, G. E., Arias, D. L. M., Romero, G. C. G., Basante, L. B., & Rincon, J. (2016) · Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos de Psicología · doi:10.18270/chps..v13i1.1357 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Biology, Immigration, and Public Policy

Christainsen, G. B. (2012) · Kyklos · doi:10.1111/j.1467-6435.2012.00532.x · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Life (Dis)Satisfaction and the Decision to Migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern EuropePreprint

Otrachshenko, V., & Popova, O. I. (2012) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2176104 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Hedonic and Eudaimonic Capital as Tools for Managing Fluctuations in Well-Being Throughout the Voyage of Life

Sherman, A., Russo‐Netzer, P., & Shavit, T. (2025) · Applied Research in Quality of Life · doi:10.1007/s11482-025-10482-6 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Economic Performance

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Functional polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in the serotonin transporter gene is associated with subjective well-being: evidence from a US nationally representative sample

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The Molecular Genetics of Life Satisfaction: Extending Findings from a Recent Genome-Wide Association Study and Examining the Role of the Serotonin Transporter

Lachmann, B., Doebler, A., Sindermann, C., Sariyska, R., Cooper, A. J., Haas, H., & Montag, C. (2020) · Journal of Happiness Studies · doi:10.1007/s10902-020-00231-x · Cited by 14 · see citing works

Economic Determinants of Life Satisfaction

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