society. It is also found that relative income is more important to happiness at higher levels of absolute income. Potential …

We state the following hypotheses: 1) Happiness depends on social rank – a term from primatology meaning the place in … boost happiness of all. 3) Intelligence is a happiness- boosting tool, which should be more developed by low …

This paper analyses the determinants of happiness in seven Eastern European transition countries during the early phase … happiness in Eastern Europe. In addition, rural dwellers and church goers experience greater life- satisfaction. Aggregate … unemployment can explain more of the cross- country variation in happiness than income per capita. …

The Easterlin Paradox refers to the fact that happiness data are typically stationary in spite of considerable … that the happiness responses of almost 400,000 people living in the OECD during 1975-97 are positively correlated with …, the biggest contributors to happiness in our sample have been the increase in income and the increase in life expectancy …

statistical measures. Panel regression showed that governance measures, and economic policy variables are crucial to explain …