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Happinness and

well-being

Miral El-Degwy & Nada El-Marakby. Seniors Economics

miral.mustafa2019@feps.edu.eg, nada.elmarakby2019@feps.edu.eg

Happiness is a goal that everyone aspires to, yet what on cooperation more than competition, the safety and low
really makes someone happy varies from person to person crime levels, along with high standards of livings and
and from location to location. Being content and cheerful excellent fair education systems, access to high quality
with your life is what makes you happy. Additionally, it health care services and high level of equality between
was discovered that happiness and productivity are different classes with low poverty levels and high amount
interrelated. The relation between them goes both ways; of middle income groups.
the more productive a person is, the more content they are
with their accomplishments and, as a result, the happier Happiness affects the Economic development of a country
they are, and the happier they are the more time and effort significantly It is generally assumed that happiness is a

they are willing to dedicate to their career, life, and family major source of motivation. Though economic growth
and thus the more productive they are. remains the main goal of all nations, nowadays a society
That was why a Happiness Index was developed and was with happy people is an objective to aim at. This raises the
first used in the world happiness report 2012 to assess the issue of the relationship between happiness and economic
qualities that are viewed as contributory to the individual’s growth. So next time you hear that some corporations bring
happiness from 0 to 10 from those qualities were: Health, table tennis or XBox to their employees and sometimes
sense of belonging, psychological well-being, time take it to the extent of making a whole Gym at the
balance, environment, governance, financial security, enterprise, you shall not wonder. It might not be in pure
social support, work and access to good education and intentions of making their employees work in a healthy
culture. environment and incurring more expenses on the corporate,
Finland was found to be on top of the list for five Yet It’s usually for the sake of increasing the productivity
consecutive years that is a result of the beautiful landscape, and decreasing the turnover rate.
nature and scenery, its laid back chill culture that focuses