| Does economic growth improve the human lot? Some empirical evidence RA Easterlin Nations and households in economic growth, 89-125, 1974 | 10013 | 1974 |
| Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all? RA Easterlin Journal of economic behavior & organization 27 (1), 35-47, 1995 | 4765 | 1995 |
| Modern economic growth: Rate, structure, and spread S Kuznets, JT Murphy Yale University Press, 1966 | 4529 | 1966 |
| Income and happiness: Towards a unified theory RA Easterlin The economic journal 111 (473), 465-484, 2001 | 4250 | 2001 |
| Birth and fortune: The impact of numbers on personal welfare RA Easterlin University of Chicago Press, 1987 | 2449 | 1987 |
| Explaining happiness RA Easterlin Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 (19), 11176-11183, 2003 | 1793 | 2003 |
| The happiness–income paradox revisited RA Easterlin, LA McVey, M Switek, O Sawangfa, JS Zweig Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (52), 22463-22468, 2010 | 1726 | 2010 |
| An economic framework for fertility analysis RA Easterlin Studies in family planning 6 (3), 54-63, 1975 | 1192 | 1975 |
| Why isn't the whole world developed? RA Easterlin The Journal of Economic History 41 (1), 1-17, 1981 | 985 | 1981 |
| Does money buy happiness? RA Easterlin The public interest 30, 3, 1973 | 962 | 1973 |
| Life cycle happiness and its sources: Intersections of psychology, economics, and demography RA Easterlin Journal of economic psychology 27 (4), 463-482, 2006 | 949 | 2006 |
| The fertility revolution: A supply-demand analysis RA Easterlin, EM Crimmins University of Chicago Press, 1985 | 928 | 1985 |
| The qualityity-of-life (QOL) research movement: Past, present, and future MJ Sirgy, AC Michalos, AL Ferriss, RA Easterlin, D Patrick, W Pavot Social indicators research 76, 343-466, 2006 | 799 | 2006 |
| Building a better theory of well-being RA Easterlin Economics and happiness: Framing the analysis 29, 64, 2005 | 747 | 2005 |
| The economics and sociology of fertility: A synthesis RA Easterlin Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1978 | 648 | 1978 |
| What will 1984 be like? Socioeconomic implications of recent twists in age structure RA Easterlin Demography 15, 397-432, 1978 | 616 | 1978 |
| The American baby boom in historical perspective RA Easterlin Population, labor force, and long swings in economic growth: the American …, 1968 | 592 | 1968 |
| Growth triumphant: The twenty-first century in historical perspective RA Easterlin University of Michigan Press, 2009 | 553 | 2009 |
| China’s life satisfaction, 1990–2010 RA Easterlin, R Morgan, M Switek, F Wang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (25), 9775-9780, 2012 | 552 | 2012 |
| Towards a socioeconomic theory of fertility: A survey of recent research on economic factors in American fertility RA Easterlin Fertility and family planning: A world view, 1969 | 507 | 1969 |
