STORRE
STORRE: Stirling Online Research Repository
http://hdl.handle.net/1893/10169| Appears in Collections: | Economics Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Hypertension and happiness across nations |
| Author(s): | Blanchflower, David Oswald, Andrew J |
| Contact Email: | david.blanchflower@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | Gross national happiness GHQ Blood pressure Health Hypertension |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2008 |
| Date Deposited: | 21-Nov-2012 |
| Citation: | Blanchflower D & Oswald AJ (2008) Hypertension and happiness across nations. Journal of Health Economics, 27 (2), pp. 218-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.06.002 |
| Abstract: | In surveys of well-being, countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands emerge as particularly happy while nations like Germany and Italy report lower levels of happiness. But are these kinds of findings credible? This paper provides some evidence that the answer is yes. Using data on 16 countries, it shows that happier nations report systematically lower levels of hypertension. As well as potentially validating the differences in measured happiness across nations, this suggests that blood-pressure readings might be valuable as part of a national well-being index. A new ranking of European nations' GHQ-N6 mental health scores is also given. |
| DOI Link: | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2007.06.002 |
| Rights: | The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository. Please use the Request a Copy feature at the foot of the Repository record to request a copy directly from the author. You can only request a copy if you wish to use this work for your own research or private study. |
| Licence URL(s): | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserved |
| File | Description | Size | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanchflower_2008_Hypertension_and_happiness_across_nations.pdf | Fulltext - Published Version | 334.85 kB | Adobe PDF | Under Embargo until 3000-01-01 Request a copy |
Note: If any of the files in this item are currently embargoed, you can request a copy directly from the author by clicking the padlock icon above. However, this facility is dependent on the depositor still being contactable at their original email address.
This item is protected by original copyright |
Items in the Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
The metadata of the records in the Repository are available under the CC0 public domain dedication: No Rights Reserved https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
If you believe that any material held in STORRE infringes copyright, please contact library@stir.ac.uk providing details and we will remove the Work from public display in STORRE and investigate your claim.