The work investigates the demographic, economic and social determinants of the degree of satisfaction of the Brazilian … considerable proportion of the variation of the degree of satisfaction of the Brazilian househols with their income. Another …

The empirical determinants of happiness in Brazil. This paper investigates the role that economic variables play in the … determination of happiness, using reported happiness as a proxy to individual well-being. It uses microdata extracted from the World … significant correlation between happiness and income. Unemployment is also a large source of unhappiness. In most cases, happiness …