-victims, ceteris paribus. Happiness is lower for nonvictimized respondents currently living in higher crime areas. However, we find a …

Are happiness patterns structurally the same when comparing poor and rich countries? Using cross-sectional data from … durable assets ownership seem to determine happiness levels as well as income. Relative income also matters to well …

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 …

between these two in the case of basic needs. For the analysis, individuals’ self-reported life satisfaction is used as a … social relations - significantly influence people’s satisfaction, ceteris paribus. Next, the stability of preferences is … between life satisfaction and basic measures of well-being despite the landslide of societal and economic transformation. …

between these two in the case of basic needs. For the analysis, individuals’ self-reported life satisfaction is used as a … social relations - significantly influence people’s satisfaction, ceteris paribus. Next, the stability of preferences is … between life satisfaction and basic measures of well-being despite the landslide of societal and economic transformation. …

well-being explains a significant part of the variation in overall life satisfaction of Eastern Europeans. In an ordered … findings in happiness regressions, such as a negative but u-shaped age effect, positive influences of education and relative …

lead people towards more satisfaction and happiness (Geometric Model) … the objects are reversed, then it ends in filling it at the starting point. Happiness in life is similar to this. Fill … high priority needs in the life, and smaller needs can be subsequent, for progressive happiness. Money cannot bring …

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