Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/319540 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 1619
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This chapter revisits the scholarship on life satisfaction in Eastern Europe. We first look at the broader drivers of life satisfaction identified in the literature. Then, we discuss the 'happiness gap' in Eastern Europe - the observed difference between the self-declared happiness of residents of former communist countries and the residents of other countries. Explanations for the happiness gap are considered, with a focus on Eastern Orthodox religion.
Subjects: 
Eastern Europe
Happiness Gap
Life Satisfaction
Orthodox Christianity
JEL: 
D91
P29
Z12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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