Are Africans happy? 'Return to laughter' in times of war, famine and misery
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- Kohnert, Dirk, 2022. "Are Africans happy? 'Return to laughter' in times of war, famine and misery," MPRA Paper 112940, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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Keywords
Sub-Saharan Africa; happiness; philosophy of happiness; happiness economics; World Happiness Report; Easterlin paradox;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D11 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Theory
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- E26 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Informal Economy; Underground Economy
- F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
- I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
- N17 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Africa; Oceania
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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