In this article we analyze the economics of subjective well-being through a bibliometric lens. To do so we created a broad dataset of bibliographic data by using the search terms "subjective well-being", "happiness", "life satisfaction" and "positive affect" on the Web of Science webpage and limiting the articles to those published in the research area of business economics. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, we were able to trace and review the development of subjective well-being research in the field of economics, as well as distinguish the most important articles, authors, journals, organizations and countries in the field. We found a big leap in subjective well-being research after the global financial crisis in 2008, as more and more scholars started to question the approach to wellbeing of standard economic theory. The still relatively young scientific field keeps expanding and maturing by providing answers to new, as well as old research questions.

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Demographic trends have stimulated interest in empirical research on subjective well-being among the elderly. Despite the steep increase in published articles, no one has yet provided a summarized review of the scientific landscape. With this article, we aim to fill this research gap by providing a bibliometric analysis of the field. We do so by collecting a broad dataset of publication data from 1961 to 2016 found on the Web of Science webpage. By combining quantitative scientometric methods, as well as qualitative methods, we were able to provide a historic context of research on subjective well-being among the elderly and distinguish the most important articles, authors, journals, organizations and countries in the field. We found a big leap in research on subjective well-being among the elderly in the last 10 years, as well as a substantial globalization of the field. Although research on subjective well-being among the elderly has clear antecedents, we expect the field to further increase and mature due to more scholars from different braches of science joining the conversation.

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