models are estimated. In line with previous researches, we find that higher income and/ or a higher educational level raise …

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 …

generations. The paper is based on a specific survey about Health and Social Networks carried out by the Department of Economics …, reproductive health, habits and social networks. …

, based on the Latinobarometro 2004 for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … in increasing happiness levels, although we also analyze the relationship between happiness and income, age, gender …, education, employment status and religiosity. Then, the probabilty of being happy is econometrically estimated by probit models …

In this paper we study the relationship between individual happiness and self reported health status, using the … Religion, Health and Young Emancipation ISSP survey for Uruguay in 2008. Probit estimates suggests that health status has the … matching methods. Results show that reporting a good health rises the probability of being happy between 18 an 29 percentage …

, 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 …