举个例子：那些22岁时快乐指数上升了1个点(量表范围从1到5)的人们，在29岁时能多赚1200英镑。
Professor Andrew Oswald of Warwick University, the study's co-author, said: 'This research provides yet another reason for the need to create an emotionally healthy home environment.'
来自英国名校华威大学的Andrew Oswald教授是该研究的合作者，说道：“这项研究表明了建立一个健康家庭环境的必要性。”
Economists have long recognised that those with higher incomes tend to be happier, but this is the first study which shows the economic benefits of being happy when young.
经济学家们很早就提出“人越有钱越快乐”的论点，但这项研究第一次向我们表明了：小时候越快乐，长大就越有钱。
The authors said happier people tended to be more productive which may explain why they were promoted more quickly than their more pessimistic colleagues.
研究者们认为，更快乐的人倾向于更高效，而这也许可以解释为什么快乐的员工往往比消极的同事更容易升职。