A note on the measurement of the relationship between happiness and GDP

Wim  Heijman; Johan  van Ophem; Job  van Logtestijn

doi:10.19041/APSTRACT/2016/2-3/14

Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce (Aug 2016)

A note on the measurement of the relationship between happiness and GDP

Wim Heijman,
Johan van Ophem,
Job van Logtestijn

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Wim Heijman: Wageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, Economics Section
Johan van Ophem: Wageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, Economics Section
Job van Logtestijn: Wageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, Economics Section

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2016/2-3/14
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 2-3

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This research note compares the results of the measurement of the relationship between happiness and GDP in the EU based upon unweighted data with the results based upon weighted data. The data are weighted in order to correct for the different sizes of the populations in the EU countries concerned. The result of the weighing is an even stronger relationship between happiness and GDP per capita than in the case with unweighted data.

Published in Apstract: Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce

ISSN: 1789-221X (Print); 1789-7874 (Online)
Publisher: University of Debrecen
Country of publisher: Hungary
LCC subjects: Agriculture; Social Sciences: Communities. Classes. Races: Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology: Regional planning
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