Add to ORKGHappiness in the North European is substantially higher than in the South European nations. Only part of that difference can be explained by economic prosperity. This paper explores the effect of social hierarchy. A comparison of contemporary survey findings show that power distance is more pronounced in the South than in the North of Eurpe. Macro‐sociological theory is used to provide an historical account of this difference and it can be used to explain why happiness is ower in hierarchical societies
Happiness is a well-researched and complex field of science. The complexity creates results that are...
The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household...
Absolute and relative levels of income as well as income inequality are regarded as determinants of...
Happiness in the North European is substantially higher than in the South European nations. Only par...
This paper uses peer comparisons to analyze the impact of different types of inequalities (i.e., wit...
The answer to the question posed in the title is ‘yes’. Using a total of 128,106 answers to a survey...
Abstract: Are more equal societies ‘better ’ societies? This article addresses the question as to wh...
The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the effect of income inequality on happiness in ...
Introduction and research questions from the rich literature on happiness and subjective well-being ...
Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of ...
The number of cross-national research studies on happiness is soaring, but doubts about the comparab...
Original article can be found at : http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Copyright Elsevier [Full text of th...
This paper appeals to novel survey information on over 30 000 individuals in 21 European countries t...
Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of ...
This paper studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations repo...
Happiness is a well-researched and complex field of science. The complexity creates results that are...
The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household...
Absolute and relative levels of income as well as income inequality are regarded as determinants of...
Happiness in the North European is substantially higher than in the South European nations. Only par...
This paper uses peer comparisons to analyze the impact of different types of inequalities (i.e., wit...
The answer to the question posed in the title is ‘yes’. Using a total of 128,106 answers to a survey...
Abstract: Are more equal societies ‘better ’ societies? This article addresses the question as to wh...
The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the effect of income inequality on happiness in ...
Introduction and research questions from the rich literature on happiness and subjective well-being ...
Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of ...
The number of cross-national research studies on happiness is soaring, but doubts about the comparab...
Original article can be found at : http://www.sciencedirect.com/ Copyright Elsevier [Full text of th...
This paper appeals to novel survey information on over 30 000 individuals in 21 European countries t...
Cross-national studies on happiness have focused on differences in level of happiness. The focus of ...
This paper studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations repo...
Happiness is a well-researched and complex field of science. The complexity creates results that are...
The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household...
Absolute and relative levels of income as well as income inequality are regarded as determinants of...