B. Headey

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1. The Effects of Wealth and Income on Subjective Well-Being and Ill-Being

   B. Headey, M. Wooden

   2004Social Science Research Network337 citations Open access

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2. Money Does not Buy Happiness: Or Does It? A Reassessment Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption

   B. Headey, R. Muffels, M. Wooden

   2008289 citations

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3. Life Goals Matter to Happiness: A Revision of Set-Point Theory

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   2008249 citations

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4. Long-running German panel survey shows that personal and economic choices, not just genes, matter for happiness

   B. Headey, R. Muffels, G. Wagner

   2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America187 citations Open access

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5. Pets and Human Health in Germany and Australia: National Longitudinal Results

   B. Headey, Markus M. Grabka

   2007169 citations Open access

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6. The Set Point Theory of Well-Being Has Serious Flaws: On the Eve of a Scientific Revolution?

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   2010158 citations

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7. The Set-Point Theory of Well-Being: Negative Results and Consequent Revisions

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   2007127 citations

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8. Authentic happiness theory supported by impact of religion on life satisfaction: A longitudinal analysis with data for Germany

   B. Headey, J. Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, Gert G. Wagner

   2010Social Science Research Network120 citations Open access

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9. The Structure and Distribution of Household Wealth in Australia

   B. Headey, Gary Marks, M. Wooden

   2005114 citations Open access

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10. Pet Dogs Benefit Owners’ Health: A ‘Natural Experiment’ in China

    B. Headey, Na Fu, Richard Zheng

    2008110 citations

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11. Choices Which Change Life Satisfaction: Similar Results for Australia, Britain and Germany

    B. Headey, R. Muffels, Gert G. Wagner

    2012Social Indicators Research96 citations Open access

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12. Subjective Well-Being: Revisions to Dynamic Equilibrium Theory using National Panel Data and Panel Regression Methods

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    200688 citations

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13. Capabilities and Choices: Do They Make Sen’se for Understanding Objective and Subjective Well-Being? An Empirical Test of Sen’s Capability Framework on German and British Panel Data

    R. Muffels, B. Headey

    2011Social Indicators Research80 citations Open access

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14. Psychology of child well-being

    A. Holte, M. Barry, B. Headey, R. Muffels +1 more

    201474 citations Open access

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15. Parents Transmit Happiness Along with Associated Values and Behaviors to Their Children: A Lifelong Happiness Dividend?

    B. Headey, R. Muffels, Gert G. Wagner

    2012Social Indicators Research71 citations Open access

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16. Families, Incomes and Jobs: A Statistical Report of the HILDA Survey

    B. Headey, D. Warren, G. Harding

    200662 citations

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17. Poverty Is Low Consumption and Low Wealth, Not Just Low Income

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    200859 citations

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18. Communities, social capital and public policy: literature review

    David K. Johnson, B. Headey, Ben Jensen

    200655 citations Open access

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19. Money Doesn't Buy Happiness.... Or Does it? A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption

    B. Headey, R. Muffels, M. Wooden

    2004Social Science Research Network52 citations Open access

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20. Families, Incomes and Jobs, Volume 2: A Statistical Report on Waves 1 to 4 of the HILDA Survey

    B. Headey, D. Warren

    200850 citations

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21. The dynamics of income poverty in Australia: Evidence from the first three waves of the HILDA Survey

    B. Headey, G. Marks, M. Wooden

    2005Australian Journal of Social Issues45 citations

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22. Happiness: Revising Set-Point Theory and Dynamic Equilibrium Theory to Account for Long Term Change

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    2007Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch43 citations Open access

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23. Household wealth in Australia

    G. Marks, B. Headey, M. Wooden

    200535 citations

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24. A Theory of Life Satisfaction Dynamics: Stability, Change and Volatility in 25-Year Life Trajectories in Germany

    B. Headey, R. Muffels

    201832 citations Open access

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25. Does Religion Make You Healthier and Longer Lived? Evidence for Germany

    B. Headey, G. Hoehne, G. Wagner

    201430 citations

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26. The Set-point Theory of Well-being Needs Replacing - On the Brink of a Scientific Revolution? SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research

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    200730 citations Open access

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27. Health correlates of pet ownership from national surveys

    B. Headey, Markus M. Grabka

    201126 citations

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28. The structure and distribution of household wealth in Australia: cohort differences and retirement issues

    B. Headey, D. Warren, M. Wooden

    200823 citations

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29. Knowing what is good for you : Empirical analysis of personal preferences and the “ objective good ”

    Tania Burchardt, Andrew E. Clark, H. Glennerster, B. Headey +2 more

    200523 citations

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30. Living Standards in Retirement: Accepted International Comparisons are Misleading

    J. Frick, B. Headey

    200919 citations Open access

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31. Jobless households: longitudinal analysis of the persistence and determinants of joblessness using HILDA data for 2001–03

    B. Headey, S. Verick

    200619 citations

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32. Bottom-Up Versus Top-Down Theories of Life Satisfaction

    B. Headey

    2021Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research18 citations

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33. Evidence that dog ownership protects against the onset of disability in an older community-dwelling Japanese population

    Y. Taniguchi, S. Seino, B. Headey, T. Hata +4 more

    2022PLoS ONE17 citations Open access

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34. Towards a Theory of Medium Term Life Satisfaction: Two-Way Causation Partly Explains Persistent Satisfaction or Dissatisfaction

    B. Headey, R. Muffels

    2015Social Indicators Research15 citations Open access

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35. National panel studies show substantial minorities recording long term change in life satisfaction : Implications for set-point theory

    B. Headey, R. Muffels, Gert G. Wagner

    201415 citations

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36. Alternative Recipes for Life Satisfaction: Evidence from Five World Regions

    B. Headey, G. Trommsdorff, G. Wagner

    2021Applied Research in Quality of Life12 citations

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37. Towards a Theory of Medium Term Life Satisfaction: Similar Results for Australia, Britain and Germany

    B. Headey, R. Muffels

    2016Social Indicators Research12 citations

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38. Happiness and Longevity: Unhappy People Die Young, Otherwise Happiness Probably Makes No Difference

    B. Headey, Jongsay Yong

    2018Social Indicators Research11 citations

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39. Two-Way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation

    B. Headey, R. Muffels

    2014Social Science Research Network11 citations Open access

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40. Poverty Redefined as Low Consumption and Low Wealth, Not Just Low Income

    B. Headey, Peter Krause, G. Wagner

    201210 citations

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41. The Structure and Distribution of Wealth in Australia

    B. Headey, G. Marks, M. Wooden

    200510 citations

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42. German Reunification: Welfare Gains and Losses East and West

    B. Headey, D. Headey

    200310 citations

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43. How Best To Impute Taxes And Measure Public Transfers

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    200310 citations

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44. HAPPINESS: EXTENDING DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM THEORY TO ACCOUNT FOR BOTH SHORT TERM STABILITY AND LONG TERM CHANGE*

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    20069 citations

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45. Income, Wealth and Joblessness: Insights from the HILDA Survey

    B. Headey, M. Wooden

    20059 citations

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46. The Importance of Wealth for Subjective Well-being

    B. Headey, M. Wooden

    20059 citations

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47. Set-Point Theory May Now Need Replacing: Death of a Paradigm?

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    20138 citations

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48. Housing Policy in the Developed Economy

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    20216 citations

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49. Towards a Theory of Life Satisfaction: Accounting for Stability, Change and Volatility in 25-Year Life Trajectories in Germany

    B. Headey, R. Muffels

    20166 citations Open access

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50. Does Religion Make You Healthier and Longer Lived? Evidence for Germany

    B. Headey, G. Hoehne, Gert G. Wagner

    2013Social Indicators Research6 citations

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