TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Proto, Eugenio
AU  - Oswald, Andrew J.
        TI  - National Happiness and Genetic Distance: A Cautious Exploration
        PY  - 2014/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8300
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8300
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - genes
KW  - well-being
KW  - international
KW  - happiness
KW  - GDP
        ER  -