The New York Times:
Want to be happy? Try moving to Finland
14 March 2018
Happy are the people of the Nordic nations — happier, in fact, than anyone else in the world. And the overall happiness of a country is almost identical to the happiness of its immigrants. Those are the main conclusions of the World Happiness Report 2018, released Wednesday. Finland is the happiest country in the world, it found, followed by Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden and Australia. Though in a different order, this is the same top 10 as last year, when Norway was No. 1 and Finland was fifth…. The report was produced by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and edited by three economists: Dr. Sachs, the network’s director and a professor at Columbia University; John F. Helliwell, a senior fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia; and Richard Layard, a director of the Well-Being Program at the London School of Economics’ Center for Economic Performance.
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The Telegraph
Immigration does not make local people less happy, world happiness ranking s reveal
Immigration does not damage the average happiness of local people and migrants themselves become as happy as the nation they move to, according to a ground-breaking new study compiled by economists and backed by the United Nations. In one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, the World Happiness Report report found that effect of migration on overall life satisfaction was “remarkably consistent”. …The report showed the “immense benefit” to the migrants of moving, Professor Richard Layard, of the London School of Economics and one of the editors of the report, told The Telegraph. “We’re not concluding that this is evidence for an open doors policy, just that when you are considering [migration policies] that you should be aware people are gaining a lot who come. Rich countries can only absorb people at a limited rate. But they can do so constantly [and there are benefits],” he said.
The Seoul Times
Finland, world’s happiest country
The World Happiness Report 2018, which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, and 117 countries by the happiness of their immigrants, was released today at a launch event at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in the Vatican. A subsequent event will occur next week on March 20th, celebrating World Happiness Day at the United Nations. This report also considers the happiness of immigrants. The report includes four chapters on migration, both internal (within-country) and international (cross-country), investigating the happiness of migrants, their families left behind, and others living in the cities and countries receiving migrants. “The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born,” said co-editor Professor John Helliwell of the University of British Columbia. All of the top ten countries for overall happiness 2015-2017 are in the top 11 countries for immigrant happiness based on surveys covering 2005-2015. … The World Happiness Report 2018 includes the following chapters: •Happiness and Migration: An Overview, by John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs; …
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World Happiness Report 2018, John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey D. Sachs (Eds), March 2018
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