between religion and health. The topic is particularly germane for the health of women and of the elderly, who are much more … likely to be religious. In this paper, I use data from the Gallup World Poll to study the within and between country … nationally representative samples to study the correlates of religion within and between more than 140 countries using more than …

differences in capital accumulation, productivity, and therefore output per worker are driven by differences in institutions and …

correlation between national average suicide rates and measures of life satisfaction. Thus social capital does appear to improve … well-being, whether measured by higher average values of life satisfaction or by lower average suicide rates. There is a … variables that have more weight in explaining life satisfaction than suicide (trust and quality of government), and less …

compensating differentials, measured as the changes in household income that would produce equivalent levels of life satisfaction … - and find that they add significantly to the explanation of life satisfaction among Canadian respondents, and provide …

This paper describes the findings from a new, and intrinsically interdisciplinary, literature on happiness and human …

The link between happiness and overall inequality is best studied using an index that incorporates different aspects of … inequality, and is measured consistently in different countries. One such index is the degree to which happiness itself varies … among individuals. Its correlation with both happiness levels and social trust is substantially stronger than the …

This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive … countries, we show that prosocial spending is consistently associated with greater happiness. To test for causality, we conduct …, causal impact on happiness. In contrast to traditional economic thought--which places self-interest as the guiding principle …

of adults from 132 countries. I analyze the data on life satisfaction (happiness) and on health satisfaction and look at … correlations between life and health satisfaction and health measures shows that happiness (or self-reported health) measures …During 2006, the Gallup Organization conducted a World Poll that used an identical questionnaire for national samples …

subjective well-being differ greatly among countries. Life satisfaction scores for immigrants to Canada from up to 100 source …, the average levels and distributions of life satisfaction scores among immigrants mimic those of other Canadians rather …