Happiness levels (states) are volatile and often fluctuate between a happy and unhappy state from one day to the next … Regression Model (MSDR) to better understand the dynamic patterns of happiness levels before and during a pandemic. The estimated … unique insights into the evolution of happiness. Furthermore, as maximising happiness is a policy priority, we determine the …

This paper estimates Markov switching models with daily happiness (GNH) data from New Zealand for a period inclusive of … the Covid-19 global health pandemic. This helps us understand the dynamics of happiness due to an external shock and … states of happiness and estimate the duration in these states. In addition, as maximising happiness is a policy priority, we …