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August 2018. ::: Vol.69 No. 04

Tina Ralašić
Željko Bogdan

HAPPINESS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY https://doi.org/10.32910/ep.69.4.2 Pregledni rad Traditional macroeconomic analysis uses few “objective indicators” as life quality indicators. Among them gross domestic product (GDP) is commonly used but recently some scientists disallow adequacy of GDP in observing of life quality and happiness of population. This paper reviews literature which investigates the relationship between happiness and economic activity. Additionally, few life quality indicators are also observed (including Croatian position). Also Hendal’s index of optimism (HIO) and National index of happiness (NIH) with their components are also observed which showed that Croatians does not belong to the happiest populations. GDP; life quality indicators; Easterlin paradox; Hendal’s index of optimism; National index of happiness Puni tekst: hrvatski, pdf (3 MB)

HAPPINESS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

https://doi.org/10.32910/ep.69.4.2

Pregledni rad

Traditional macroeconomic analysis uses few “objective indicators” as life quality indicators. Among them gross domestic product (GDP) is commonly used but recently some scientists disallow adequacy of GDP in observing of life quality and happiness of population. This paper reviews literature which investigates the relationship between happiness and economic activity. Additionally, few life quality indicators are also observed (including Croatian position). Also Hendal’s index of optimism (HIO) and National index of happiness (NIH) with their components are also observed which showed that Croatians does not belong to the happiest populations.

GDP; life quality indicators; Easterlin paradox; Hendal’s index of optimism; National index of happiness

Puni tekst: hrvatski, pdf (3 MB)