期刊
JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS
卷 27, 期 2, 页码 218-233出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.06.002
关键词
gross national happiness; GHQ; blood pressure; health; hypertension
资金
- ESRC [ES/D002877/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/D002877/1] Funding Source: researchfish
In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy while nations like Germany and Italy report lower levels of happiness. But are these kinds of findings credible? This paper provides some evidence that the answer is yes. Using data on 16 countries, it shows that happier nations report systematically lower levels of hypertension. As well as potentially validating the differences in measured happiness across nations, this suggests that blood-pressure readings might be valuable as part of a national well-being index. A new ranking of European nations' GHQ-N6 mental health scores is also given. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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