Table 10 Estimated emotional wellbeing function, maximum and minimum satisfaction using the World Happiness Score from the Gallup World Poll.
From: On the weighting of homo economicus and homo virtus in human behaviour
Maximum satisfaction function (upper envelope) | Minimum satisfaction function (lower envelope) | Emotional well-being function | |
|---|---|---|---|
All countries | 0.933Ln(w) – 5.306 | 0.933Ln(w) – 5.440 | −5.373 + 0.933Ln(w) + 0.067Sin(πw) |
Europe | 0.984Ln(w) – 7.636 | 0.984Ln(w) – 7.668 | −7.652 + 0.984Ln(w) + 0.016Sin(πw) |
OECD | 0.991Ln(w) – 9.972 | 0.991Ln(w) – 9.990 | −9.981 + 0.991Ln(w) + 0.009Sin(πw) |
Developing countries (IMF) | 0.839Ln(w) – 4.509 | 0.839Ln(w) – 4.831 | −4.670 + 0.839Ln(w) + 0.161Sin(πw) |
