We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal effect or a correlation, is not clear …. This issue is explo red using matching methods, finding that a good health status increases the probability of being happy …

, based on the Latinobarómetro 2007 for Chile and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in … and the region. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal … reporting a good health status increases the probability of being satisfied with life by between 13 and 17. According to …