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...look at people’s incomes over time, they have been rising in the United States, but people haven’t reported becoming happier,” Tach said, explaining that she and Firebaugh hoped to solve this puzzle...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If You’re Richer, You’re Happier | 9/28/2005 | See Source »

...conduct the research, Tach and Firebaugh used a large national data set, “The General Social Survey,” which surveyed 23,000 people nationally between 1972 and 2002. They chose to focus on working adults, ages...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If You’re Richer, You’re Happier | 9/28/2005 | See Source »

...analyzing the responses, Tach and Firebaugh found that people tend to compare themselves to others in their age group...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If You’re Richer, You’re Happier | 9/28/2005 | See Source »

While Tach and Firebaugh found that income is more important than gender and education, physical health and marital status were the greatest factors in a person’s declared happiness, said Tach...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If You’re Richer, You’re Happier | 9/28/2005 | See Source »

...Tach and Firebaugh first met when Tach was a research assistant for Firebaugh as a Penn State undergraduate...

Author: By Claire M. Guehenno, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: If You’re Richer, You’re Happier | 9/28/2005 | See Source »

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