Easterlin, Richard A.; Sawangfa, Onnicha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
well-being (SWB) in 13 developing countries, however, are not significantly related to predictions derived from the cross … rate of growth in GDP per capita significantly positively associated with a greater improvement in SWB. In the developing … countries studied here a greater increase in happiness does not accompany more rapid economic growth. These conclusions hold …