Gross National Happiness in Brazil: An analysis of its determinants

摘要

It analyzed the determinants of happiness in Brazil from two categories of variables, formed by micro variables and other macros by socioeconomic variables. Considering the basis of data from WVS and IPEA for the years 2006 and 2014, estimated a logit model ordered and their marginal effects. Among the results, it was concluded that income positively influences the probability of being happy and that the Easterlin paradox remains also in Brazil. Since income is not the only determinant of influence on the probability of happiness, suggests the creation of an index with additional factors to measure well-being.