The role of culture in cross-country happiness assessment. An fsQCA Approach
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https://doi.org/10.17561/ree.n2.2022.7121Keywords:
happiness, culture, rankings of countries, fsQCAAbstract
The happiness of countries has important effects on their image, prestige, attraction of funds or
tourism. Furthermore, there are rankings and models developed to try to explain what it depends
on. This paper explores the possibility of improving the World Happiness Report model in
two ways: the inclusion of cultural variables and the analysis of possible interactions between
variables. To this end, the original database has been supplemented with Hofstede's cultural
dimensions, replicating the original regression analyses and using an fsQCA. The results show
the need to include culture in this type of studies and the existence of three different models of
countries with high happiness scores
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