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    Economic Crises, Subjective Well-Being, and Vote Switching: The Case of Brazil’s 2018 Presidential Election

    This paper examines the influence of the 2015 economic crisis on subjective well-being (SWB) and the withdrawal of support for the incumbent party during the 2018 presidential election in Brazil. Using Gallup ...

    Martijn J. Burger, Martijn Hendriks, Elena I. Ianchovichina in Journal of Happiness Studies (2023)

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    Happy but Unequal: Differences in Subjective Well-Being across Individuals and Space in Colombia

    Despite being on average a relatively happy country, Colombia has a high level of inequality in subjective well-being (SWB). Using Gallup World Poll data for the period from 2010 to 2018, this paper tests the ...

    Martijn Burger, Martijn Hendriks in Applied Research in Quality of Life (2022)

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    Organizations with Virtuous Leaders Flourish More

    This chapter explores the association between virtuous leadership and flourishing in organizations by reviewing the current academic literature. The initial evidence consistently demonstrates that subordinates...

    Martijn Hendriks in The Pope of Happiness (2021)

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    Happiness Insights into Migration Policy and Choice Behavior of Immigrants

    A considerable proportion of immigrants and citizens of their host countries are dissatisfied with the outcomes of migration, even though they have objectively benefited of migration. What is the source of thi...

    Martijn Hendriks in New Dimensions in Community Well-Being (2017)

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    Why are Locals Happier than Internal Migrants? The Role of Daily Life

    Several survey studies have found that internal migrants report lower levels of happiness than locals, even after accounting for socio-economic factors. Traditional global self-ratings reveal that the migrantloc...

    Martijn Hendriks, Kai Ludwigs, Ruut Veenhoven in Social Indicators Research (2016)