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Bibliographic Subjects » CORRELATES OF HAPPINESS » Situational correlates of happiness » Societal context: » National setting » Conditions for happiness in nations: how universal? » Differences in conditions for happiness

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CORRELATES OF HAPPINESS Situational correlates of happiness Societal context: National setting Conditions for happiness in nations: how universal? Differences in conditions for happiness
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Differences in conditions for happiness, circumstances, contingences
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List of Publications on this Subject

Authors Title / Source Year Etzion, D.; Kafry, D.; Pines, A. Tedium among Managers: A Cross-Cultural, American-Israeli Comparison.
Journal of Psychology & Judaism, 1982, Vol. 7, 30 - 41 1982 Inglehart, R. Values, Objective Needs, and Subjective Satisfaction among Western Publics.
Comparative Political Studies, 1977, Vol. 9, 429 - 458 1977 Michalos, A.C. Global Report on Student Well-Being Volume I: Life Satisfaction and Happiness.
Springer, 1991, New York, USA 1991 Veenhoven, R. Conditions of Happiness.
Kluwer Academic, 1984 (reprint), Dordrecht, The Netherlands 1984 Near, J.P.; Rechner, P.L. Cross-Cultural Variations in Predictors of Life Satisfaction: An Historical View of Differences among West European Countries.
Social Indicators Research, 1993, Vol. 29, 109 - 121 1993 Diener, E.; Diener, M. Cross-Cultural Correlates of Life Satisfaction and Self-Esteem.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1995, Vol. 68, 653 - 663 1995 Requena, F. Friendship and Subjective Well-Being in Spain: A Cross-National Comparison with the United States.
Social Indicators Research, 1995, Vol. 35, 271 - 288 1995 Diener, E. Subjective Well-Being in Cross-Cultural Perspective.
Grad, H. et al (Eds).: "Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology", Swets & Zeitlinger, 1995, Netherlands 1995 Veenhoven, R. Satisfaction and Social Position: Within Nation Differences, Compared Across Nations.
Saris, W.E.;et al;Eds.: "A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe", Eötvös Universuty Press,1996, Hungary, 253 - 261 1996 Saris, W.E.; Ferligoj, A. Life Satisfaction and Domain Satisfaction in 10 European Countries; Correlation at the Individual Level.
Saris, W.E.;et al;Eds.:"A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe", Eötvös University Press,1996, Hungary, 275 - 280 1996 Okma, P.; Veenhoven, R. Is Langer Leven nog wel Leuk? Levensvoldoening van Hoog-Bejaarden in 8 EU-Landen. (Is a Long Life also Fun? Life-Satisfaction of the Very Old in 8 EU Countries).
Sociale Wetenschappen, 1999, Vol. 42, 38 - 62 1999 Kousha, M.; Mohseni, N. Are Iranians Happy? A Comparative Study between Iran and the United States.
Social Indicators Research, 2000, Vol. 52, 259 - 289 2000 Lucas, R.E.; Gohm, C.L. Age and Sex Differences in Subjective Well-Being across Cultures.
Diener, E.; Suh, E.M.; Eds.: "Culture and Subjective Well-Being", MIT Press, 2000, Cambridge USA, 291 - 317 2000 Staudinger, U.M.; Baltes, P.B.; Fleeson, W. Predictors of Subjective Physical Health and Global Well-Being: Similarities and Differences Between the United States and Germany.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1999, Vol. 76, 305 - 319 1999 Matheny, K.B.; Aysan, F.; Curlette, W.L.; Gfroerer, C.A.; Hamarat, E.; Herrington, A.; Thompson, D. Coping Resources, Perceived Stress, and Life Satisfaction among Turkish and American University Students.
International Journal of Stress Management, 2002, Vol. 9, 81 - 97 2002 Alesina, A.; DiTella, R.; MacCulloch, R.J. Inequality and Happiness: Are Europeans and Americans Different?
Journal of Public Economics, 2004, Vol. 88, 2009 - 2042 2004 Hayo, B. Happiness in Transition: An Empirical Study on Eastern Europe.
Economic Systems, 2007, Vol. 31, 204 - 222 2007 Smith, K. Individual Welfare in the Soviet Union.
Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol. 64, 75 - 105 2003 Delhey, J. Sozialer Zusammenhang in europäischen Gesellschaften. (Social Coherence in European Societies).
Statistisches Bundesamt:Ed.; "Data Report 2002", Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Band 376, 2002, Bonn, Germany, 624 - 631. 2002 Diener, E.; Lucas, R.E.; Oishi, S. Personality, Culture and Subjective Well-Being: Emotional and Cognitive Evaluations of Life.
Annual Revue of Psychology, 2003, Vol. 54, 403 - 425 2003 Liao, P.S.; Fu, Y.C.; Yi, C.C. Perceived Quality of Life in Taiwan and Hong Kong: An Intra Culture Comparison.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2005, Vol. 6, 43 - 67 2005 Kafetsios, K.; Kafetsios, K. Social Support and Well-Being in Contemporary Greek Society: Examination of Multiple Indicators at Different Levels of Analysis.
Social Indicators Research, 2006 , Vol. 76, 127 - 145 2006 Sarracino, F. Subjective Well-Being in Low Income Countries: Positional, Relational and Social Capital Components.
Studi e Note di Economica, vol. 5, nr 3, pp 449-477 2008 Hinks, T.; Grün, C. What is the Structure of South African Happiness Equations? Evidence from Quality of Life Surveys.
Social Indicators Research, 2007, Vol.82, 311 - 336 2007 Fagerström, C.; Balducci, C.; Borg, C.; Burholt, V. Life Satisfaction and Associated Factors among People Aged 60 Years and Above in Six European Countries.
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2007, Vol. 2, 33 - 50 2007 Inglehart, R.; Welzel, C. Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy. The Human Development Sequence.
Cambridge University Press, 2005, New York, USA 2005 Peiro, A. Happiness, Satisfaction and Socio- Economic Conditions: Some International Evidence.
The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, Vol. 35, 348 - 356 2006 Graham, C.; Pettinato, S. Happiness, Markets and Democracy: Latin-America in Comparative Perspective.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2001, Vol. 2, 237 - 268 2001 Fahey, A.L.; Smyth, E. The Link between Subjective Well-Being and Objective Conditions in European Societies.
Arts, W.;Halman, L.;Eds.: ''European Values at the Turn of the Millennium'', Brill, 2004, Boston, USA, 57 - 80 2004 Böhnke, P.; Kohler, U. Determinanten des Glücks: Lebenszufriedenheit in Europa. (Determinants of Happiness: Life Satisfaction in Europe).
WSI Mitteillungen, 2007, Vol. 7, 373 - 379 2007 Uchida, Y.; Kitayama, S.; Norasakkunkit, V. Cultural Constructions of Happiness: Theory and Empirical Evidence.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2004, Vol. 5, 223 - 239. 2004 Verme, P. Happiness, Freedom and Control.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2009, Vol. 71, 146 - 161 2009 Layard, R.; Mayraz, G.; Nickell, S.J. The Marginal Utility of Income.
SOEP Paper, No. 50, DIW, 2007, Berlin, Germany 2007 Böhnke, P.; Kohler, U. Well-Being and Inequality.
WZB Discussion Paper no. SP I 2008-201, 2008, Berlin, Germany 2008 Appleton, S.M.; Song, L. Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants.
World Development, 2008, Vol. 36, 2325 - 2340 2008 Bechtel, T.G. The Pursuit of Happiness.
Survey Research Methods, 2007, Vol. 1, 109 - 120 2007 Oishi, S. The Psychology of Residential Mobility: Implications for the Self, Social Relationships, and Well-Being.
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2010, Vol. 5, 5 - 21 2010 Layte, R.; Maitre, B.; Whelan, C.T. Impact of Living Conditions and Perceived Social Exclusion on Mental Well-Being.
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: "Impact of Living Conditions and Perceived Social Exclusion on Mental Well-Being", 2010, Dublin, Ireland, Chapter 5 2010 Ryan, J.; Hawdon, J.; Hughes, M.D. Marital Status, General-life Satisfaction and the Welfare State.
International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 1998, Vol. 39, 224 - 236 1998 VanHoorn, A.A. The Economics of Preference Heterogeneity.
Thesis Radboud University Nijmegen, 2011, Nijmegen, Netherlands. 2011 Biswas-Diener, R.; Diener, E.; Vitterso, J. The Danish Effect: Beginning to Explain High Well-Being in Denmark.
Social Indicators Research, 2010, Vol.97, 229-246 2010 Lima, M.L.; Novo, R. So far so Good? Subjective and Social Well-Being in Portugal and Europe.
Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 2006, Vol. 5, 5 - 25 2006 Timmermans, D. Correlates of Happiness in 42 Nations: Analysis of the World Values Study 1990 - 1991
No report available. Findings directly entered in the World Database of Happiness. Based on analysis of World Values Survey 2. 1997 Creusen, H.; DeGoede, I.; Dekker, P.; Kox, H.; Schyns, P.; Stolwijk, H. Subjectief Welbevinden in Europa. (Subjective Wellbeing in Europe).
Centraal Planning Bureau; ''Europese Verkenning 8: Europa's Welvaart'', CPB Bijzondere Publicatie 87, 2010, The Hague, Netherlands, Part A3, 9 - 48 2010 Humpert, S. A Note on Happiness in Eastern Europe.
MPRA Paper no. 24811, 2010, München, Germany 2010 Stutzer, A.; Lalive, R. The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2004, Vol. 2, 696 - 719 2004 Knies, G. Income Comparisons among Neighbours and Satisfaction in East and West Germany.
Social Indicators Research, 2012, Vol. 106, 471 - 489 2012 Agrawal, S.; Harter, J.K. Wellbeing Meta-analysis: a worldwide Study of the Relationship between the five Elements of Wellbeing and Life Evaluation, daily Experiences , Health, and Giving.
The Gallup Organization, 2011, USA 2011 Jagodzinski, W. Economic, Social, and Cultural Determinants of Life. Satisfaction: Are there Differences Between Asia and Europe?
Social Indicators Research, 2010, Vol. 97, 85 - 104 2010 Sheldon, K.M.; Elliot, A.J.; Ryan, R.M. Self-Concordance and Subjective Well-Being in Four Cultures.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2004, Vol. 35, 209 - 223 2004 Lelkes, O. Knowing what is Good for you Empirical Analysis of Personal Preferences and the "Objective Good".
The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, Vol. 35, 285 - 307 2005 Özcan, K.M.; Böke, S.; Kara, M. The Determinants of the Perception of Happiness about Quality of Life amongst Turkish People.
Economic Research Forum, Working Paper Series 425, 2008, Ankara, Turkey 2008 Easterlin, R.A. Life Satisfaction of Rich and Poor under Socialism and Capitalism.
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2012, Vol 1, 112 - 126 2012 Blanchflower, D.G.; Oswald, A.J. International Happiness.
NBER working paper, 2011, No. 16668, Cambridge, USA 2011 Fleche, S.; Smith, C.; Sorsa, P. Exploring Determinants of Subjective Wellbeing in OECD Countries.
OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 921, 2011 2011 Krenz, A. Cross-Country Heterogeneity and Endogeneity Bias in Life Satisfaction Estimations-Macro- and Micro-Level Evidence for Advanced, Developing and Transition Countries.
CEGE Discussion Papers, 2013, No. 155, Goettingen, Germany 2013 Sandu, D. Mapping out Social Worlds by States of Mind in Europe.
CELSI Discussion Paper 2013, No. 10, Bucharest, Romania 2013 Sarracino, F. Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in High and Low Income Countries: Do Happiness Equations Differ Across Countries?
CEPS Working Paper, 2010, No. 15, Luxembourg 2010 Hessami, Z. Globalization’s Winners and Losers- Evidence from Life Satisfaction Data, 1975 - 2001
Economics Letters, 2011, Vol. 112, 250 - 253 2009 Alem, Y.; Köhlin, G. Life Satisfaction in Urban Ethiopia: Trends and determinants.
WORKING PAPERS IN ECONOMICS, 2012, No. 548, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden 2012 Tay, L.; Diener, E.; Morrison, M Living Among the Affluent: Boon or Bane?
Psychological Science, 2014, Online Publication 2014 Brannan, D.; Biswas-Diener, R.; Mohr, D.; Mortazavi, S. Friends and Family: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Social Support and Subjective Well-Being among College Students.
The Journal of Positive Psychology, Vol. 8, 65 - 75 2013 Martella, D.; Maass, A. Unemployment and Life Satisfaction: The Moderating Role of Time Structure and Collectivism.
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 2000, Vol. 30, 1095 - 1108 2000 Piccolo, R.F.; Judge, T.A.; Takahashi, K. Core Self-Evaluations in Japan: Relative Effects on Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, and Happiness.
Journal of Organizational Behavior, 2005, Vol. 26, 965 - 984 2005 Powdthavee, N Happiness and the Standard of Living: the Case of South Africa.
Book: Chapter 21, Handbook on the Economics of Happiness, 2007, 447 - 486 2007 Dluhosch, B.; Horgos, D.; Zimmermann, K.W. Social Choice and Social Unemployment-Income Cleavages: New Insights from Happiness Research.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2014, Vol. 15, 1513 - 1537 2014 Corbi, R.B.; Menezes-Filho, N.A. Os Determinantes Empíricos da Felicidade no Brasil. (Empiric of Determinants of Happiness in Brazil)
Revista de Economia Política, 2006, Vol. 26, 518 - 536 2006 Dugain, V.; Olaberria, E. What makes Mexicans Happy?
OECD Working Paper Series, 2015, No. 1196, 1 - 34, Paris, France 2015 Frank, K.; Hou, F.; Schellenberg, G. Life Satisfaction among Recent Immigrants in Canada: Comparisons with Source-country Populations and the Canadian-born.
ASBRPS - Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series. 2014, No. 363, Canada 2014 Barrington-Leigh, C. Economic Inequality and Subjective Well-being: is Inequality Good for the Rich?
University of British Columbia, Working Paper, 2014, 1 - 55 2010 Tay, L.; Diener, E.; Herian, M.N. Detrimental Effects of Corruption and Subjective Well-Being: Whether, How, and When.
Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2014, 1-9 2014 Stolarski, M.; Jasielska, D.; Zajenkowski, M. Are all Smart Nations Happier? Country Aggregate IQ Predicts Happiness, but the Relationship is moderated by Individualism-Collectivism.
Intelligence, 2015, Vol. 50, 153 - 158 2015 Stavrova, O. Cohabitation, Gender, and Happiness: A Cross-Cultural Study in Thirty Countries.
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2011, 1- 19 2011 Ten Kate, J. Collectivism, Marriage, and Well-Being: How and why the Extent to which Marriage leads to greater Subjective Well-Being depends on National Collectivism.
Master Thesis, Erasmus School of History, 2015, 1 - 40, Netherlands 2015 Lavric, M.; Flere, S. The Role of Culture in the Relationship Between Religiosity and Psychological Well-being.
Journal of Religion and Health, 2008, Vol. 47, 164 - 175 2008 Puntscher, S.; Tappenier, G.; Walde, J. Do Methodical Traps Lead to Wrong Development Strategies for Welfare? A Multilevel Approach Considering Heterogeneity across Industrialized and Developing Countries.
University of Innsbruck, 2015, Working Papers in Economics and Statistics, Vol. 1, 1 - 35 2016 Lora, E Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life. Chapter 4: Satisfaction Beyond Income.
IDB, Book, 2008, Chapter 4, 57 - 92 2008 Bhuiyan, M.F.; Szulga, R. Extreme Bounds of Subjective Wellbeing: Economic Development and Micro Determinant of Life Satisfaction.
Paper Carleton College, 2015, USA 2015 Diaz, D.; ~Australian Center on QOL, ; Blanco, A. Fatalism and Well-Being Across Hispanic Cultures: The Social Fatalism Scales (SFS).
Social Indicators Research, 2015, Vol. 124, 929 - 945 2015 Graham, C. Happiness around the world.
Oxford University Press, 2009, UK 2009 Graham, C.; Pozuelo, J.R. Happiness, Stress, and Age: How the U-Curve Varies across People and Places Forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics, 30th Anniversary Issue.
Report, Brookings Institution at the University of Oxford, 2016, Oxford Uk 2016 Reyes, P.B. El Impacto Del Contexto Social en los Determinantes Individuales de la Felicidad. The impact of Social context on Individual Determinants of Happiness. Latin America, Western Europe and the USA in a Comparative Perspective.
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2011, 1 - 104 2011 Kroll, C. Global Development and Happiness: How can Data on Subjective Wellbeing Inform Development Theory and Practice?
IDS working Paper, 2013, Vol. 432, 1 - 36 2013 VanHoorn, A.A.; Maseland, R. Does Democracy Deliver in Islamic Societies? Challenges to the Legitimacy of Democratic Institutions in the Muslim World.
University of Groningen, 2016, The Netherlands 2016 Beja Jr., E. L. Subjective Well-Being Analysis of Income Inequality: Evidence for the Industrialized and Emerging Economies.
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2014, Vol. 9, 139 - 156 2014 Li, T.; Cheng, S.T. Family, Friends, and Subjective Well-being: A Comparison Between the West and Asia.
Book: Friendship and Happiness, 2015, chapter 14, 235 - 252 2015 Mikucka, M.; Dubrov, D.; Dubrow, J.K.; Sarracino, F. When Does Economic Growth Improve Life Satisfaction? Multilevel Analysis of the Roles of Social Trust and Income Inequality in 46 Countries, 1981–2012
World Development Vol. 93, 447 - 459 2017 Adesanya, O.A.; Darboe, A.; Mendez Rojas, B. Socioeconomic Differential in Self-Assessment of Health and Happiness in 5 African Countries: Finding from World Value Survey
PLOS One 2017 Dragolov, G. Revising the Link between Inequalities and Subjective Well-being: How Does Income Inequality Make Us Un-/happy?
PhD Dissertation, 2018,, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Universität Bremen and Jacobs University Bremen, 2018, Bremen, Germany 2018 Baggio, J.A.; Papyrakis, E. Agent-Based Simulations of Subjective Well-Being.
Social Indicators Research, 2014, Vol, 115, 623 - 635. 2014 Kogan, I.; Shen, J.; Siegert, M. What Makes a Satisfied Immigrant? Host-Country Characteristics and Immigrants’ Life Satisfaction in Eighteen European Countries.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2018, Vol. 19, 1783 - 1809 2018 Inoguchi, T.; Fujii, S. The Quality of Life in Asia. A Comparison of Quality of Life in Asia
Springer, 2013, Dordrecht, Netherlands 2013 Nonnenmacher, A.; Friedrichs, J. The Missing Link: Deficits of Country-Level Studies. A Review of 22 Articles Explaining Life Satisfaction.
Social Indicators Research, 2013, Vol. 110, 1221 - 1244 2013 Abbott, P.; Sapsford, R.; Wallace, C. Surviving the Transformation: Social quality in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Journal of Happiness Studies 12: 199-223 2011