Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the … effect of happiness on engaging in sports. …

Happiness research has significantly extended our knowledge about the factors determining individual well …-being. Several prominent scholars concluded that governments should engage in maximizing happiness. This approach is based on a … are aware of the Manipulation Principle stating that government tends to distort official happiness indicators in its …

models showing how an individual can derive utility from religion. Modern happiness research makes it possible to measure the … happiness, with a robust effect of churchgoing and protestant confession, while the results on internal religiosity are more … happiness is quite sizeable.) …

Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the … effect of happiness on engaging in sports. …

Happiness research has significantly extended our knowledge about the factors determining individual well …-being. Several prominent scholars concluded that governments should engage in maximizing happiness. This approach is based on a … are aware of the Manipulation Principle stating that government tends to distort official happiness indicators in its …

Empirically orientated happiness research provides valuable and new insights to both business and political economics … well-being. They should, however, not engage in directly trying to raise the happiness of stakeholders. Rather, they should … lay the ground for the respective persons being able to reach happiness in the way they choose themselves. Research on …