Which health conditions cause the most unhappiness?
基于拉丁美洲新数据，研究焦虑、疼痛等不同健康状况对幸福感的影响，发现焦虑和疼痛比身体疾病更让人不快乐，且健康对幸福感的影响远大于收入。
This paper assesses the effects of different health conditions on happiness. Based on new data for Latin America, we examine the effects of different conditions across age, gender, and income cohorts. Anxiety and pain have stronger effects than physical problems, likely because people adapt better to one-time shocks than to constant uncertainty. The negative effects of health conditions are very large when compared with the effects of income on happiness. And, while higher peer income typically elicits envy, better peer health provides positive signals for life and health satisfaction. Health norms vary widely across countries.