...Wanglin Ma; Puneet Vatsa; Xiaoshi Zhou; Hongyun Zheng Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between farmers' happiness and farm productivity, taking maize production in China as an example. Design/methodology/approach The conditional mixed process model is employed...

...Camila Horst Toigo; Ely José de Mattos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate, at a national scale, how self-reported happiness varies with the different levels of environmental conditions resulting from national policies, while also considering different levels of freedom. Design...

...Muhammad Tariq Majeed; Isma Samreen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of social capital on happiness. The previous literature generally measures social capital using “generalized trust”, which is a narrow dimension of social capital. In this study, social capital...

...Naiwei Chen; Ho-Chyuan Chen; Shih-Yu Lin Purpose Prior research mostly focuses on the effect of over-education on happiness, whereas the effect of under-education on happiness has received minimal attention. In addition, no research to date has examined the effect of both over- and under-education...

...Kanupriya Gupta; Rajat Agrawal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between sustainable development (SD) and spirituality. Bhutan, a country believing deeply in Buddhist spiritual values has created a model of Gross National Happiness (GNH) where it is believed...

...Sarinda Taengnoi Siemers; Denise Robson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how various factors, particularly ones associated with ability to assimilate to a new country such as social capital and human capital, may affect the happiness of immigrants in different age groups. Design...

... study for Japan and found that the average self-reported happiness level did not increase in Japan between 1958 and 1987 despite a fivefold increase in real income. Since then, many studies have confirmed that more wealth and more consumption do not necessarily increase human happiness. Necati...

...Vesarach Aumeboonsuke Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between family wealth, positive outlook, and support from significant others, including parents and friends, on self-efficacy and happiness. Design/methodology/approach The impact of family wealth, social...

... of governance matters on happiness in the MENA region while controlling for other relevant determinants. Design/methodology/approach – The paper applies panel random effects regression analyses by using data from 14 MENA countries over the period of 2009-2011. Findings – The empirical results show...