This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for … Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for this ranking - one that holds even after adjustment for GDP and socio …

of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries’ happiness; Britain and … holds after adjustment for GDP and other socioeconomic variables -- is currently unknown. Using data on 131 countries, the …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … positive and significant effect on individuals' overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …

for 34 OECD societies, we can show that from a happiness perspective, there is-surprisingly-little wrong with the GDP, and …Across the globe there is growing skepticism about the usefulness of GDP as a measure of national well …-being. Consequently, several alternative quality-of-life (QOL) measures were developed which either aim at healing the GDP, complementing …

performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper …, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest … that the conclusions reached by previous studies are fairly sensitive to the specific measure of 'happiness' used. In …

inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of …

Using self reported measures of life satisfaction and risk attitudes, we empirically test whether there is a …

This paper analyzes the impact of gender discrimination on individual life satisfaction using a cross-section of 66 … matters does overall not affect life satisfaction. However, women are more satisfied with their lives when discriminatory …