the advanced and transition societies. The rule of law had an additional role of reducing the happiness gap in the 1990s …

The present paper examines the empirical literature on the Economics of Happiness with the aim both to comparatively … the understanding of the determinants of happiness in our continent. On the basis of both the empirical research made in … happiness equation one component of relative income, which in turn includes, together with a social comparison mechanism, a …

Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of this paper is on … spread in happiness in the nation, also called ‘inequality in happiness’. Inequality in happiness in nations can be measured …-as-a-whole’. This paper considers spread in happiness in 28 countries around 1980. Contrary to notions of a ‘divided’ society none of …

evidence provided in the literature on happiness. Among our new findings, the type of employment and associated contractual … happier than private employees (even when controlling for income). The data show that the reported level of happiness is lower …

countries do poorly. -- Human development ; quality of life ; happiness ; capabilities ; country behavior …