Happiness & Public Policy

From Reuters:

Happiness rose along with per capita income until earners reached the highest bracket, at which point it dipped somewhat.

“It seems when people are satisfied with their income, other factors then matter more,” Tsutsui told Reuters.

I found this bit sort of funny:

Men tended to be a bit less happy than women, perhaps because Japan’s male-dominated society means they have bigger social responsibilities, Tsutsui said in a report on the survey.

And if women would have been a bit less happy? No doubt it would have been Japan’s male-dominated society.