‘What would make you happier: a new baby or a lottery win? Don’t scoff. Scientists are using new ways to measure happiness, and you might be surprised by what they are finding.’
Posted on 2010/11/29 , tagged as
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The Calgary Herald in Canada runs a feature on Nick Powdthavee‘s The Happiness Equation, published earlier this year by Icon.
‘For instance, he found that, on average, children don’t make us happy or keep us happy, although they are associated with a brief spike in satisfaction for the first years after a baby is born. For the average person in the United Kingdom, the first year after having a child is the happiness equivalent of winning about 2,500 pounds ($4,000). “Incredibly surprising, not to say offensive,” he writes.’
