perception of economic well-being, possibly influenced by such tactics, predicts war and peace onset. Using unique data … bracketing the onset of the Nepalese Civil War, we find that higher levels of perceived income adequacy are associated with later … war onset during periods of rebel recruitment, and with earlier peace onset in general. These results hold regardless of …

perception of economic well-being, possibly influenced by such tactics, predicts war and peace onset. Using unique data … bracketing the onset of the Nepalese Civil War, we find that higher levels of perceived income adequacy are associated with later … war onset during periods of rebel recruitment, and with earlier peace onset in general. These results hold regardless of …

Between sports and happiness. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (GSOEP), we find a positive … correlation between sports participation and reported life satisfaction. This relationship is stronger at younger and older ages … causal directions. It turns out that the causal impact of engaging in sports on happiness is about four times higher than the …

the satisfaction people express with their freedom of choice. Using a sample of 133 countries over the period 2008 … related to satisfaction with freedom above and below a threshold level. Freedom of assembly is more positive for satisfaction … institutions are complementary with culture, income and the political system in generating satisfaction with freedom. …

During the global response to COVID-19, the analogy of fighting a war was often used. In 2022, the world faced a … different war altogether, an unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since 2020 the world has faced these unprecedented shocks …. Although we realise these events' health and economic effects, more can be known about the happiness effects on the people in a …