%0 Report
        %A Proto, Eugenio
%A Oswald, Andrew J.
        %T National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration
        %D 2014
        %8 2014 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 8300
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8300
        %X This paper examines a famous puzzle in social science. Why do some nations report such high happiness? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich nations' well-being; Great Britain and the US enter further down; France and Italy do relatively poorly. Yet the explanation for this ranking – one that holds even after adjustment for GDP and socio-economic and cultural variables – remains unknown. We explore a new avenue. Using data on 131 countries, we document a range of evidence consistent with the hypothesis that certain nations may have a genetic advantage in well-being.
        %K genes
%K well-being
%K international
%K happiness
%K GDP