​Matt Killingsworth, Ph.D.
​Director, trackyourhappiness.org
Senior Fellow, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

What makes life worth living?

My research investigates how people’s circumstances, behavior, and other factors contribute to and detract from their happiness, as well as issues related to the measurement and conceptualization of happiness itself.


Some recent papers: 

Income and Emotional Well-Being: A Conflict Resolved
Killingsworth, Kahneman, & Mellers (in press at PNAS)

Available soon

Experienced well-being rises with income, even above $75,000 per year

Available Here

Spending on doing promotes more moment-to-moment happiness than spending on having

Available Here

Beyond Positive Emotion: Deconstructing Happy Moments based on Writing Prompts

Available Here

Parenthood Is Associated With Greater Well-Being for Fathers Than Mothers

Available Here
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