Education in itself does not seem to make life more satisfying, but to lead a happy life, one must be well-informed, says Emeritus Professor Ruut Veenhoven, who is affiliated with the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization of Erasmus University Rotterdam in an interview of ELM (European Lifelong Learning Magazine).
“Though highly-educated people tend to be healthier, they are hardly happier. The small correlation between happiness and education often turns negative when income is controlled, which suggests that education in itself does not make life more satisfying. Though average happiness is higher in countries where the population is well educated, the most highly educated people in these countries are hardly happier than their less educated compatriots. The same picture emerges in the case of intelligence, typically a result of education. This is one of the surprises of empirical happiness research!”
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Read the entire interview in ELM, 19 December 2018 (in English).