Jebb also noted that the new paper includes a chart of the income-happiness correlation that relies on z-scores, statistical devices that “can make the effect look large when it is not.” ...

contrary to the idea that middle-income people are close to the peak of the money-happiness curve,” Killingsworth wrote. The ...

For a small group of people, their happiness levels off "abruptly" when their income hits $100,000. For the vast majority of people, money does buy you happiness – according to a new study at least.

But it turns out on a global scale, money can buy happiness — at least to a certain extent. A new study from Pew Research Center reveals that income is linked to life satisfaction.

By Adam Van Deusen. R esearchers have long sought to answer the question of whether having more money leads to greater happiness. In a frequently cited study from 2010, Daniel Kahneman and Angus ...

Most people's happiness rises linearly with income, while about 30% of people are the "happiest," experiencing accelerating well-being once their earnings rise above $100,000.

Kahneman and Deaton found that happiness increased with income, but only to a point — there was no further progress beyond about $75,000 ($108,000 in today’s dollars).

Median household income in the U.S. stands at about $74,000 annually, but respondents told Empower that they'd need to earn roughly $284,000 each year to achieve happiness.

Widely publicized research from 2010 said income doesn’t boost happiness past $75,000. But happiness may increase with a bigger paycheque more than economists previously believed.

Singaporeans have become unhappier over the past few years, despite rising median household income levels. NUS Business School’s Siok Kuan Tambyah and Yuen Wei Lun explore why this is so.