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Scottish Daily Mail:
Daily grind? Work makes us happy!

12 May 2018

Of all economic indicators, a high employment rate is most likely to correlate with greater happiness, according to researchers. The London School of Economics consulted 29 academics, of whom 24 agreed that employment backed by a welfare system was the biggest factor in promoting public wellbeing.

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Courier Mail (Australia)

Stable job proves to be a key to greater happiness

Of all economic indicators, a high employment rate is most likely to correlate with greater happiness, according to researchers. The London School of Economics consulted 29 academics, of whom 24 agreed that employment backed by a welfare system was the biggest factor in promoting public wellbeing.

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Related links

The World Wellbeing Panel Survey – ‘Economic Growth, Welfare Programs & Wellbeing’, April 2018

http://cep.lse.ac.uk/wwp/latest.asp

CEP Press Release - ‘Jobs, growth, welfare programmes and wellbeing: views of top happiness researchers’, 11 May 2018

http://cep.lse.ac.uk/textonly/_new2014/news/releases/2018_05_11_i187.pdf

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