Publications in English
2021
2020
- Wijngaards, I., Sisouw de Zilwa, S. C. M., & Burger, M. J. (2020). Extraversion moderates the relationship between the stringency of COVID-19 protective measures and depressive symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. /en/ehero/media/2021-01-publishedversionfpsyg-11-568907
- Arampatzi, E., Burger, M. J., Stavropoulos, S., & Tay, L. (2020). The role of positive expectations for resilience to adverse events: Subjective well-being before, during and after the Greek bailout referendum. Journal of Happiness Studies 21, 965–995
- Bakker, A., Burger, M., Van Haren, Oerlemans, W. & Veenhoven, R. (2020) Raise of Happiness Following Raised Awareness of How Happy One Feels: A Follow-Up of Repeated Users of the Happiness Indicator Website. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology 5 (3), 153-187
- Bergsma, A., Buijt, I. & Veenhoven, R. (2020) Will happiness-trainings make us happier? A research synthesis using an online findings-archive, Frontiers in Psychology - section Organizational Psychology. 17 November 2020
- Burger, M. J., Hendriks, M., Pleeging, E., & van Ours, J. C. (2020). The joy of lottery play: evidence from a field experiment. Experimental Economics 23, 1235-1256. Link
- Burger, M., Morrison, P. Hendriks, M., Hoogerbrugge, M. (2020). Urban-Rural Happiness Differentials across the World? In J. Helliwell, R. Layard, J. Sachs, and J-E De Neve, World Happiness Report 2020 (pp. 66-94), NY: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
- Hendriks, M., Burger, M., Rijsenbilt, A., Pleeging, E., & Commandeur, H. (2020). Virtuous leadership: a source of employee well-being and trust. Management Research Review 43(8), 951-970. Link
- Kreemers, L. M., Van Hooft, E. A., Van Vianen, A. E., & Sisouw de Zilwa, S. (2020). Testing a Self-Compassion Intervention Among Job Seekers: Self-Compassion Beneficially Impacts Affect Through Reduced Self-Criticism. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1371. Testing a Self-Compassion Intervention Among Job Seekers: Self-Compassion Beneficially Impacts Affect Through Reduced Self-Criticism.
- Ludwigs, K., Lucas, R, Richter, D., Arends, L. & Veenhoven, R. (2020) Can happiness apps generate nationally representative data sets? A case study collecting data on people's happiness using the German Socio-Economic Panel, Applied Research in Quality of Life. 15: 1135-1149
- Pleeging, E., van Exel, N.J.A, Burger, M.J, & Stavropoulos, S. (2020). Hope for the future and willingness to pay for sustainable energy. Ecological Economics
- Stavropoulos, S., Burger, M. J., & Dufourmont, J. (2020). Urban Circular Policies and Employment through Greenfield FDI. Sustainability, 12(4), 1458.
- S. Stavropoulos & M.J. Burger (2020). Modelling the Strategy and Net Employment Effects of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: A Meta-Regression. Energy Policy Modelling the Strategy and Net Employment Effects of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: A Meta-Regression. Energy Policy.
- Stavropoulos, S, van Oort, F.G, & Burger, M.J. (2020). Heterogeneous relatedness and firm productivity. Annals of Regional Science. 65(2), 403-437
- Veenhoven, R. (2020) Daily happiness: How well we feel most of the time?
EHERO working paper 2020-1 - Veenhoven, R. (2020) ‘Hedonic’ and ‘Eudaimonic’ Happiness: Which qualifies best as a moral guide? EHERO working paper 2020-2
- Veenhoven, R. Buettner, D. & Nelson, T. (2020) Ways to greater happiness: A Delphi study. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21(8), 2789-2806
- Veenhoven, R. (2020) World Database of Happiness - A 'findings archive'. In: Maddison, D., Rehdanz, K. & Welsch, H. (Eds) Handbook of Wellbeing, Happiness and the Environment. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, 2020, Chapter 2, pp. 25-45
- Wijngaards, I., de Zilwa, S. C. S., & Burger, M. J. (2020). Extraversion moderates the relationship between the stringency of COVID-19 protective measures and depressive symptoms. Frontiers in Psychology, 11.
2019
- E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos & L. Tay (2019). The Role of Positive Expectations for Resilience to Adverse Events: Subjective Well-being before, during and after the Greek Bailout Referendum. Journal of Happiness Studies The Role of Positive Expectations for Resilience to Adverse Events: Subjective Well-being before, during and after the Greek Bailout Referendum.
- E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos & F.G. van Oort (2019). Subjective well-being and the 2008 recession in European Regions: The moderating effect of quality of governance. International Journal of Community Well-Being. Subjective well-being and the 2008 recession in European Regions: The moderating effect of quality of governance
- Hendriks, M., & Burger, M. J. (2019). Unsuccessful subjective well-being assimilation among immigrants: The role of faltering perceptions of the host society. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 1985-2006. Link
- Jantsch, A. & Veenhoven, R. (2019) Private wealth and happiness A research synthesis using an online findings-archive. In: Gaël Brulé & Christian Suter (eds) Wealth(s) and Subjective Well-Being. Part of the Social Indicators Research Series book series (SINS, volume 76), Springer/Nature Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2019, pp 17-50 E-book
- DeJonge, T., Kamasaka, A. & Veenhoven, R. (2019) Have the Japanese become happier over the last 50 years? Healing broken time-series data. EHERO working paper 2019-3
- VanLeeuwen, J. & Veenhoven, R. (2019) Would I be happier as a teacher or a carpenter? Clues in survey data on happiness and occupation. EHERO-working paper 2019-4
- Ludwigs, K, Lucas, R. Richter, D. Arends, L & Veenhoven, R. (2019) Can happiness apps generate nationally representative data sets? A case study collecting data on people's happiness using the German Socio-Economic Panel. Applied Research in Quality of Life. Online since April 2019 at
- Slag, M, Burger, M. & Veenhoven, R. (2019) Did the Easterlin Paradox apply in South-Korea 1980-2015? A case study. International Review of Economics 66(4), 325-351
- Veenhoven, R. Bakker, A., Burger, M. VanHaren, P. & Oerlemans, W. (2019) Effect on happiness of selfmonitoring and comparison with others, using the Happiness Indicator In: Llewellyn VanZyl & Sebastian Rothmann (eds.): Positive Psychology Interventions: Theories, methodologies and applications within multi-cultural contexts, Springer International, July 2019, ISBN print: 978-3-030-20310-8, ISBN online: 978-3-030-20311-5. Chapter 1, pp 1-23,
- Veenhoven, R. (2019) The broaden and build theory of happiness. In Bruno Frey & Christoph Schaltegger (eds.) 21st Century Economics. Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember. Springer Nature Publishing, Cham Switserland,
- Veenhoven, R. (2019) Review of The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course , by Andrew E. Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee & George Ward. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018. 325 pp. In: Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 48 (4) 2019: 406-408,
- Veenhoven, R. (2019) Will healthy eating make you happier? A research synthesis using an online findings-archive, Accepted for publication in Applied Research in Quality of Life, June 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s11482-019-09748-7
- Veenhoven, R. (2019) Ongoing Professionalization of Positive Psychology
Foreword to Llewellyn Ellardus Van Zyl & Sebastiaan Rothmann Sr. (editors) Positive Psychological Intervention Design and Protocols for Multi-Cultural Contexts Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019, ISBN 978-3-030-20019-0 ISBN 978-3-030-20020-6 (eBook): https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20020-6 Page v-vi - Wall, R.S, Grafakos, S, Gianoli, A, & Stavropoulos, S. (2019). Which policy instruments attract foreign direct investments in renewable energy?. Climate Policy, 1–14 Which policy instruments attract foreign direct investments in renewable energy
- Wijngaards, I., Hendriks, M., & Burger, M. J. (2019). Steering towards happiness: An experience sampling study on the determinants of happiness of truck drivers. Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 128, 131-148
Wijngaards, I., Burger, M., & van Exel, J. (2019). The promise of open survey questions—The validation of text-based job satisfaction measures. PloS one, 14(12).
2018
- Arampatzi, E., Burger, M., Ianchovichina, E., Röhricht, T., & Veenhoven, R. (2018). Unhappy development: dissatisfaction with life on the eve of the Arab Spring. Review of Income and Wealth, 64, S80-S113
- E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos & F.G. van Oort (2018). Subjective well-being and the 2008 recession in European Regions: The moderating effect of quality of governance. International Journal of Community Well-Being
- E. Arampatzi, M.J. Burger & N.A. Novik (2018). Social network sites, individual social capital and happiness.Opent extern Journal of Happiness Studies, 19 (1), 99-122.
- M.J. Burger, S. Stavropoulos, S. Ramkumar, J. Dufourmont & F.G. van Oort (2018). The heterogeneous skill-base of circular economy employment. Research Policy.
- M.J. Burger, P. Nullens, S. Van den Heuvel & E. Pleeging (2018). Understanding and measuring hope: The interdisciplinary challenge of the Hope Barometer 1.0. In S. Van den Heuvel & P. Nullens (Eds.), Driven by Hope: Economics and Theology in Dialogue (pp. 3-20). Leuven: Peeters
- E.A.C. Hart, J. Lakerveld, M. McKee, M. Oppert, H. Rutter, H. Charreire, R. Veenhoven, H. Bardos, S. Compernolle, I. De Bourdeaudhuij, J.D. Mackenbach & J. Brug (2018). Contextual correlates of happiness in European adults. PLoS One (online), 13 (1).
- M. Hendriks & D. Bartram (in press). Bringing happiness into the study of migration and its consequences: What, why, and how? Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.
- M. Hendriks, M. Burger, J. Ray, & N. Esipova (2018). Do international migrants increase their happiness and that of their families by migrating? In J. Helliwell, R. Layard, and J. Sachs, World Happiness Report 2018 (pp. 44-66), NY: UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
- M. Hendriks, K. Ludwigs & D. Bartram (2018). International migration decisions and happiness: The Migration Happiness Atlas as a community development initiative. In R. Phillips, S. Kenny, B. McGrath (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Community Development.
- Hendriks, M. (2018). Does migration increase happiness? It depends. In Migration Information Source, Migration Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/does-migration-increase-happiness-it-depends
- Hendriks, M. (2018). Migrant happiness: Insights into the broad well-being outcomes of migration and its determinants. Erasmus University Rotterdam.(Dissertation)
- J. Hessels, E. Arampatzi, P.W. van der Zwan & M.J. Burger (2018). Life satisfaction and self-employment in different types of occupations. Applied Economics Letters, 25 (11), 734-740. doi: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1361003
- M.M. Hoogerbrugge & M.J. Burger (2018). Neighborhood-based social capital and life satisfaction: The case of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Urban Geography, 39 (10), 1484-1509.
- Jantsch, A. & Veenhoven, R. (2018), Private wealth and happiness: A research synthesis using an online findings-archive. In Brule, G. & Suter, C. (eds) Wealth(s) and Subjective Wellbeing, Nature Springer (in press)
- Kainulainen, S, Saari, J. & R. Veenhoven (2018)Life-satisfaction is more a matter of how well you feel, than of having what you want. International Journal of Happiness and Development.4 (3) 209-235
- Lancée, S., Burger, M.J. & Veenhoven, R. (2018). Commuting and happiness: What ways feel best for what kinds of people? In M. Friman, D. Ettema & E. Olson (Eds.), Quality of life and daily travel (pp. 79-93). Dordrecht Netherlands: Springer International Publishing AG
- Liu, J. & Veenhoven, R. (2018) Happiness of the self-employed: A research synthesis using an on-line findings-archive, EHERO-working paper 2018-7
- Ludwigs, K,., Lucas, R.,. Burger, M.J., Veenhoven, R. & . Arends L.R. (2018) . How does more attention to subjective well-being affect subjective well-being? Applied Research in Quality of Life. 13 (3) 1055-1080
- Meijers, E.J., M. Hoogerbrugge & R. Cardoso (2018) Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance? Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 109 (1): 1-21.
- Ouweneel, P. Burger, M & Veenhoven, R. (2018) Happiness in Rotterdam: An analysis of 7 city surveys, International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research, 6 (2) 82-100
- Slag, M., Burger, M. & and Veenhoven, R (2018) Did the Easterlin Paradox apply in South-Korea 1980-2015? A case study. EHERO working paper 2018-6
- Stavropoulos, S, Wall, R.S, & Xu, Y. (2017). Environmental regulations and industrial competitiveness: evidence from China. Applied Economics, 1–17.
- Veenhoven, R. (2018) Scale homogenization techniques.. Lecture 1 in e-course based on book 'Diversity in survey questions on the same topic: Techniques for improving comparability' Video lecture published on YouTube
- Veenhoven, R. (2018) .How I wandered into Quality of Life research, Member highlight in
Newsletter of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), November 2018 - Veenhoven, R. (2018) Happiness in nations: Pursuit of greater happiness for a greater number of citizens, In: The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, 3rd Edition Edited by C.R. Snyder, Shane J. Lopez, Lisa M. Edwards, and Susana C. MarquesOnline Publication Date: Nov 2018 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199396511.013.1
- Veenhoven, R. (2018) The sociology of happiness: Topic in social indicators research
in: Schulz, M.S. (Ed.) 'Frontiers of sociology: Research perspectives for the 21 century'. ISA Research, Berlin/New York 2018, ISBN 978-3-746744-53-7, Chapter 28, pp 243-251 - Veenhoven, R. (2018) Rule of law and happiness in nations, Optentia News, March 2018, vol. 8 (1) p. 16
- Veenhoven, R., Chirepi, F., Kang, X, & Burger, M. (2018) Consumption and happiness: A review of research, EHERO working paper 2018/2.
- Veenhoven, R. (2018). Subjective well-being in nations.Opens external In E Diener, S Oishi & L Tay (Eds.), Handbook of Well-being (Noba Scholar Handbook series: Subjective well-being). Salt Lake City, Utah USA: DEF published
- Veenhoven, R (2018), World Database of Happiness: A ‘findings archive’Opens external
In: Welsch,H., Maddison, D. & Rehdanz, K. (Eds.) Handbook of Wellbeing, Happiness and the Environment, Edward Elgar (in press) - Veenhoven, R. (2018) Happy Life YearsOpens external OECD factsheet, Orgnanization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
- Veenhoven, R., Buettner, D. & Nelson, T. (2018). Ways to greater happiness: A Delphi study. Journal of Happiness Studies (in press)
- Veenhoven, R. (2018) The broaden and build theory of happinessOpens external, In: Frey, B. & Schaltegger, C. (Eds.) 21st Century Economics. Economic Ideas You Should Read and Remember. Springer (in press)
- Veenhoven, R. (2018) Will Healthy Eating Make You Happier? A research synthesis using an online findings archive. EHERO Working Paper 2018/05
- Wall, R.S, Grafakos, S, Gianoli, A, & Stavropoulos, S. (2018). Which policy instruments attract foreign direct investments in renewable energy?. Climate Policy, 1–14.
- Wall, R.S and S. Stavropoulos, (2018) Smart Cities within World City Networks, The State of African Cities 2018: The geography of African investment, PFD Media Group (Book Chapter)
- Wall, R.S, Grafakos, S, Gianoli, A, & Stavropoulos, S. (2018). Policy instruments for attracting FDI in Renewable energy, The State of African Cities 2018: The geography of African investment, PFD Media Group (Book Chapter)
- Webb, L.E., Veenhoven, R. Lynning-Harfeld, J. & Bak-Jensen, M. (2018)
What is animal happiness? Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (in press) - Zhao, Q, Xu, H, Wall, R.S, & Stavropoulos, S. (2017). Building a bridge between port and city: Improving the urban competitiveness of port cities. Journal of Transport Geography, 59, 120–133.
2017
- A. Abdur Rahman & R. Veenhoven (2017). Freedom and happiness in nations: A research synthesis. Applied Research in Quality of Life.
- Burger, M., Hendriks M., Marlet, G., Van Oort, F., Ponds, R., & Van Woerkens, C. (2017). De geluksatlas. In Atlas voor gemeenten 2017 (pp. 13-28). Nijmegen, The Netherlands: VOC Uitgevers
- Buettner, D, Nelson, T. & Veenhoven, R. (2017) Ways to greater happiness: A Delphi study
EHERO working paper 2017-1 - G. Brulê & R. Veenhoven (2017). The '10-excess' phenomenon in responses to survey questions about happiness. Social Indicators Research, 131 (2), 853-870.
- Hendriks, M. (2017). Happiness insights into migration policy and choice behavior of immigrants. In P. Kraeger, S. Cloutier, & C. Talmage (Eds.), New Dimensions in Community Well-Being (pp. 155-178), NY: Springer Publications
- T. De Jonge, W.M. Kalmijn & R. Veenhoven (2017). Diversity in survey questions on the same topic: Techniques for improving comparability. (Social Indicators research Book series). Dordrecht: Springer.
- S. Lancée, R. Veenhoven & M.J. Burger (2017). Mood during commute in the Netherlands: What way of travel feels best for what kind of people? Transportation Research. Part A, Policy and Practice, 104 (1), 195-208.
- Veenhoven, R. (2017) Happiness research: Past and Future, Senshu Social Well-being Review 2017 (4) 65-74
- Veenhoven, R. (2017) Felicidad: lecciones de la investigation empirica, in: Garcia Vega, J. (ed.) Felicidad y calidad d vida', Editoria Nomada, 2017 Coyoacan, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexici ISBN 978-607-96638-6-5 pp, 91-106 + 115-117
- Veenhoven, R. (2017) Towards Greater Happiness, Optentia News, 7 (3) 2017 p. 12-13
- R. Veenhoven (2017). Co-development of Happiness Research: Addition to “Fifty Years After the Social Indicator Movement DOI 10.1007/s11205-017-1554-z. Social Indicators Research, 135, 1001-1007.
- R. Veenhoven (2017). Greater happiness for a greater number: Did the promise of enlightenment come true? Social Indicators Research, 130, 9-25.
- R. Veenhoven (2017). Measures of happiness: Which to choose? In G Brulé & F Maggino (Eds.), Metrics of Well-being (pp. 65-84). Dordrecht: Springer.
- Q. Zhao, H. Xu, R. Wall & S. Stavropoulos (2017). Building a bridge between port and city: Improving the urban competitiveness of port cities. Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 59, 120-133.
2016
- Burger, M.J., Hendriks, M., Pleeging, E. & VanderZwan, P. The silver linings of lottery play: motivation and subjective well-being of British lottery participants. Applied Economics Letters 23(18), 1312-1316.
- Burger, M. & Veenhoven, R. Did the EU raise happiness? Press release, June 2016 in the context of a referendum in the UK about leaving the EU (Brexit)
- Brule, G. & Veenhoven, R. The '10-excess' phenomenon in responses to survey questions about happiness, Social Indicators Research, online since February 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1265-
- DeJonge,T., Arends,L., Moonen, L., Kalmijn, W.,VanBeuningen, J. & Veenhoven, R. Pooling time series based on slightly different questions about the same topic: Forty years of survey research on happiness and life-satisfaction in the Netherlands Social Indicators Research, 126 (2) 863-891, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-0898-5
- DeJonge, T. Arends, L. Kalmijn, W. & Veenhoven, R. Conversion of verbal response scales: Robustness across demographic categories
Social Indicators Research, 126(1), 331-358, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-0879-6 - Hendriks, M. & Bartram, D. (2016), Macro-conditions and immigrants', happiness: Is moving to a wealthy country all that matters? Social Science Research, 56, 90-107
- Hendriks, M., Ludwigs, K. & Veenhoven, R. Why are locals happier than internal migrants? The role of daily life. Social Indicators Research, 125 (2) 481-508. DOI 10.1007/s11205-014-0856-
- Veenhoven, R. Hope and happiness, in Bormans, L. (Ed.) The World Book of Hope: pp 204-206, Lanno Publishers, Tielt Belgium, ISBN 9789401431354
- Veenhoven, R. Some Findings on Culture Consumption and Happiness, Opentia News. November 2016, vol. 9, nr. 3, p 54
- Veenhoven, R. On the growing importance of 'art-of-living' Foreword to: Bernard Schitz 'Art-of-Living: A concept to enhance happiness', Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switserland, Social Indicators Research Series, volume 63, ISBN 978-3-319-45324-8 (eBook), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45324-8, pages v-vii
- Veenhoven, R. Quality of life and happiness: concepts and measures, in: Bruni, L. & Porta, P.L. (eds) Handbook of research methods and applications in happiness and quality of life, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK ISBN (e) 9781783471171, pp 309-333
2015
- Arampatzi, E., Burger, M., Ianchovichina, E., Röhricht, T. & Veenhoven, R. Unhappy development: Dissatisfaction with life on the eve of the Arab Spring, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper WSP7488, November 2015, 40 pages.
- Bakker, A., Burger, M., Oerlemans, W. & Veenhoven, R. Happiness raised by raising awareness: effect on happiness using the Happiness Indicator, Erasmus University Rotterdam, EHERO working paper 2015/01
- Burger, M. Gross Urban Happiness. BRICS Magazine.
- Brule, G. & Veenhoven, R. Geography of happiness: Configurations of affective and cognitive appraisals of life across nations, International Journal of Happiness and Development (IJHD) ISSN online: 2049-2804, 2015, 2,(2) 101-117
- Burger, M.,Kakar, L., Commandeur, H. & Veenhoven, R. Genetic distance and differences in happiness across nations: Some preliminary evidence, Journal of Happiness and Wellbeing, 3 (2) 142-158 ISSN 2147-561X
- DeJonge, T. Arends, L., Kalmijn, W. & Veenhoven, R. Stability of boundaries between response options of response scales: Does 'very happy' remain equally happy over the years? Social Indicators Research, 123 (1) 241-266, ISSN 1573-0921, DOI 1007/s11205-014-0735-2
- DeJonge, T. Arends, L., Kalmijn, W. & Veenhoven, R. 'Very happy' is not always equally happy: On the meaning of verbal response options in survey questions, Journal of Happiness Studies, 16 (1) 77-101, DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9497-9
- Hendriks, M. (2015), The happiness of international migrants: A review of research findings. Migration Studies, 3(3), 343-369
- Stanca, L. & Veenhoven, R. Consumption and happiness: An introduction. International Review of Economics (IREC) 62 (2) 91-99, DOI: 10.1007/s12232-015-0234--2
- Ouweneel, P. & Veenhoven, R. Happy protest voters: The case of Rotterdam 1997-2009, Social Indicators Research, 126 (2) 739-756, DOI 10.1007/s11205-015-0920-
- Touburg, G. & Veenhoven, R. Mental health care and average happiness: Strong relationship in developed nations, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 42 (4) 394-404, ISBN: 1573-3289, DOI: 10.1007/s/10488-014-0579-8
- Veenhoven, R. What we have learnt about happiness: Classic qualms in the light of recent research, In: Maggino, F. (Ed.) A Life Devoted to Quality of Life, Festschrift in Honor of Alex C. Michalos, Social Indicators Research Series vol. 60, chapter 10, pp 151-170, Springer, Dordrecht, 2015, ISBN: 978-3-319-20567-0, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-20568-7_ 10
- Veenhoven, R. & Rothmann, I. Happiness in South Africa: Pattern of cheerful discontent, Optentia Newsletter 5 (2) 2, 7 August 2015
- Veenhoven, R. Happiness: History of the concept, in: James Wright (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition Vol. 10 pp 521-525, Oxford Elsevier, ISBN 9780080970868
- Veenhoven, R. Informed pursuit of happiness: What we should know, do know and can get to know, Journal of Happiness Studies, 16 (4) 1035-1071, DOI: 10.1007/s10902-014-9560-1
- Veenhoven, R. Happiness as a priority in social policy: The greatest happiness principle. In Stephen Joseph (ed.) 'Positive psychology in practice: Promoting human florishing in work, health, education, everyday life', Second revised edition. Wiley, Hoboken, NJ USA, ISBN 978-1-118-75725-3 (e-Pub). Chapter 42, pp 731-750.
- Veenhoven, R. Hope and happiness, Opentia Newsletter, 5 (3) 5, December 2015
- Veenhoven, R. Social conditions for happiness: A review of research, International Journal of Psychology, online since April 2015. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12161
- Veenhoven, R. Greater happiness for a greater number: Did the promise of enlightenment come true?, Social Indicators Research, DOI 10.1007/s11205-015-1128
- Veenhoven, R. Overall satisfaction with life: Subjective approaches (1). Chapter 12 in: Wolfgang Glatzer, Laura Camfield, Valerie Moller & Mariano Rojas (Eds.) 'The Global handbook of Quality of Life: Explorations of well-being in nations and continents', ISBN 978-94-017-9177-9, Springer Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Chapter 9, page 207-238. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9178-6_9
2014
- Arampatzi, E., Burger, M. & Veenhoven, R. Financial distress and happiness of employees in times of economic crisis Applied Economic letters, 22 (3) 173-179, DOI. 10.1080/13504851.2014.931916
- Brule, G. & Veenhoven, R. Average happiness and dominant family type: In regions in Western Europe around 2000. Advances in Applied Sociology, 4: 271-288, ISSN 2165-4316, DOI: 10.4236/aasoci.2014.412031
- Brule, G. & Veenhoven, R. Participatory teaching and happiness in nations, Journal Advances in Applied Sociology (AASoci) 4: 235-245, ISSN Online: 2165-4336, DOI 10.4236/aasoci.2014.411028
- Brule, G. & Veenhoven, R. Freedom and happiness in nations: Why the Finns are happier than the French. Psychology of Well-being: Theory, Research and Practice. ISSN: 2211-1522
- DeJonge, T., Arends, L. & Veenhoven, R. Homogenizing responses to different survey questions on the same topic: Proposal of a scale homogezination method using a reference distribution. Social Indicators Research, 117: 275-300. DOI:10.1007s11205-013-0335-6.
- Kalmijn, W. & Veenhoven, R. Index of Inequality-Adjusted Happiness (IAH) improved: A research note. Journal of Happiness Studies. 15 (60 1259-1265. DOI: 10.1007/s10902-013-9474-3
- Veenhoven, R. Sociology's blind eye for happiness, Comparative Sociology, 13: 537-555, ISSN 1569-1330, DOI 10.1163/15691330-12341324
- Veenhoven, R. Articles in Alex C. Michalos (Ed.) "Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research", Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Springer Reference Series. ISBN 9 78-94-00 7-0 752-8 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5
a: Affective component of happiness pp. 80-83 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_43
c: Consequences of happiness, pp. 1200-1203. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_536
d: Contentment: Cognitive component of happiness, pp. 1262-1265. DOI: 10.007/978-94-007-0753-5_554
e: Freedom and quality of life, pp. 2356-2359. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1085
f : Databook of Happiness, pp. 1448-1449, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_43
g: Greater happiness for a greater number, pp. 2612-2613, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3903
h: Happiness, pp. 2637-264, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5-1224
i : Happiness Adjusted Life Years (HALY), pp. 2641-2643. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1225
j : Happiness levels stability, pp. 1262-1265, DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2844
k: Happiness measures, pp. 2669-2674. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1226
l : Individual quality of life, pp. 3236-3237, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1453
m: Inequality-Adjusted happiness (IAH), pp. 3253-3254, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1462
n: International Happiness Scale Interval Study (IHSIS), pp. 3323-3324, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3661
o: Journal of Happiness Studies (JOHS), pp. 3462-3464, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_4049
p: Livability theory, pp. 3645-3647, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1669
q: Quality Adjusted Life Expectancy, pp. 5320-5321, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_2386
r : Need theory, pp. 4293-4295, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1920
s: Quality of life: An overview, pp. 5265-5269, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_103345
t : Well-being of nations, pp. 7095-7098, DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3225
u: World Database of Happiness (WDH), pp. 7257-7260, DOI:10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3662 - Veenhoven, R. Did civilization add to the quality of human life? In: Alsmqvist, K. & Linklater, A. (eds.) 'Civilization', Alex and Margaret Ax:son Johnson foundation, 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, ISBN 978-91-89672-62-8, pp. 267-273
- Veenhoven, R. Why sociological theory of happiness falls short. Social Indicators Network News (SINET), ISSN 0885-6729, May-August, nr. 119-120, pp. 1-4
- Veenhoven, R. Long-term change of happiness in nations: Two times more rise than decline since the 1970s
In: Sheldon, K. & Lucas, R. (eds), Stability of happiness: Theories and evidence on whether happiness can change', chapter 9, pp. 167-200, Elsevier Publishing, ISBN 978-0-12-411478-4 - Veenhoven, R. A guide to findings on happiness of children in the World Database of Happiness. In: Asher Ben-Arieh, Ferran Casas, Ivar Frones & Jill E. Korbin (eds.) Handbook of child wellbeing: Theories, methods and policies in global perspective,
Vol. 1, Chapter 20, pp. 40-46, Springer. ISBN 978-90-481-9064-5, DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9063-8 - Veenhoven, R. Classic wisdom about ways to happiness: How does it apply today? in: Vincenzo Giorgino (Ed.) 'Pursuit of happiness and the traditions of wisdom', Springer series Briefs in Wellbeing and Quality of life research, ISBN 978-3-319-04744-7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04744-7_1, pp.1-12
- Veenhoven, R. & Vergunst, F. The Easterlin Illusion: Economic growth does go with greater happiness. International Journal of Happiness and Development (IJHD), 2014, 1 (4) 311-343, ISSN online: 2049-2804, DOI 10.1504/IJHD 2014.066115
2013
- Nawijn, J. & Veenhoven, R. Happiness through leisure. in: T. Freire (Ed.), Positive Leisure Science: From Subjective Experience to Social Contexts (pp. 193-209). Dordrecht: Springer Science.
- Tadic, M., Braam, H VanVliet, K. & Veenhoven, R. Memory-experience gap in early adolescents' happiness reports. Child Indicator Research, 7: 21-40, DOI 10.1007/s12187-013-9194-6. ISSN 1874-897X
- Tadic, M., Bakker, A., Oerlemans, W. & Veenhoven, R. Daily activities and happiness in later life: The role of work status. Journal of Happiness Studies, online since October 1, 2012, DOi 10.1007/s10902-012-9392-9
- Rojas, M. & Veenhoven, R. Contentment and affect in the estimation of happiness. Social Indicators Research, 110: 415-431 , DOI 10.1007/s11205-011-9952-0
- Veenhoven, R. The four qualities of life: Ordering concepts and measures of the good life. in: DellaFave, A (ed) 'The Exploration of happiness: Present and future perspectives', Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Happiness Studies Book Series 2013, Chapter 11 p. 195-226,DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5702-8_11
- Veenhoven, R. Happy Life Years, OECD factsheet, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
- Veenhoven, R. More modern, more happy, Opentia newsletter, 3 (4) 4, North West University, South Africa,
- Veenhoven, R. Economic growth and happiness, Opentia Newsletter, vol 3, nr 1 pp 3-4, North West University, South Africa
- Veenhoven, R. The Day Reconstruction Method (DRM): Applications in organizations. Opentia Newsletter, North West University, South Africa, Spring 2013, page 4-5
- Veenhoven, R. Notions of the good life. In: David, S.A., Boniwell, I & Ayers, A.C., (Eds.),The Oxford Handbook of Happiness, Chapter 12, p 161-173, 2013, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 978-0-19-955725-7
- Veenhoven, R. & Berg, M. Has modernization gone too far? Happiness and modernity in 141 contemporary nations. International Journal of Happiness and Development, 1: 172-195, DOI: 10.1504/IJHD.2013.055645
Publications in other languages
2016
- Veenhoven, R. El principio de la major felicidad: La felicidad como un objetivo de la política pública, In: Editores David Gomez-Alvarez y Victor Ortiz Ortega, 'Políticas Y Bienestar subjetivo'. Ediciones Culturales Paidos, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, 2016 ISBN 978-607-747-141-7 paginas 77-104
2015
- Dumladag, D. & Veenhoven, R. Iktisat ve mutluluk: Bugun daha mutlu muyez? (Economics of happiness: Are we happy today?)
in: Dumladag, D., Gokdemir, O., Neyse, L. & Ruben, E. (Eds) 'Iktisatta davranissal yaklasimlar (Behavioral approaches in economics)', Imge Kitabevi, Ankara Turkey, 2015, ISBN 978-975-533-820-0, pp. 201-230. - Dumladag, D. & Veenhoven, R. Iktisat ve mutluluk (Economics of happiness), Iktisat ve Toplum Dergisi , Agustos 2015, Sayi: 58 ss, 46-55
2014
- Gokdemir, O. & Veenhoven, R. Kalkinmaya farkli bir bakis: Iyi olus (Views on well-being). in: Yayina Hazirlayander, Ahmet Faruk Aysan & Devrim Dumludag (Eds.) 'Kalkinmada yeni yaklasimlar' (New approaches to development), Ankara, Turkey, 2014, Imge, ISBN 078-975-533--761-6 543 pages, Chapter 17, pp 337-363
- Veenhoven, R. Más felicidad para un major número de personas: ¿Es posible esto en México? in: Manzanilla-Prieto, F (Ed.) Ranking de Felicidad en Mexico 2012, Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico, February 2013, ISBN 978-607-8093-31-1, Chapter 2, page 33-53.