In Europe differences among countries in the overall change in happiness since the early 1980s have been due chiefly to … the generosity of welfare state programs - increasing happiness going with increasing generosity and declining happiness … impression that economic growth, social capital, and / or quality of the environment are driving happiness trends, but in the …

There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per …-term positive association between the growth of happiness and income, arising from fluctuations in macroeconomic conditions, with … the long-term relationship, which is nil. -- Happiness ; economic growth ; developing countries ; transition countries …

rights, happiness, and the like) associated with economic growth? International comparisons of quality of life (QoL … sometimes, as in the case of happiness and life satisfaction, QoL indicators remain unchanged despite a doubling or more of real …

of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in the World Happiness Reports and apply Data Envelopment …