Khan, Wasiqur RahmanAli, Ratib M2012-12-272012-12-2720128/14/2012ID 09205005http://hdl.handle.net/10361/2079Cataloged from PDF version of report.Includes bibliographical references (page 18-20).This paper investigates the concept of national happiness and examines the existing literature on happiness and its causes, before using recently released data from the United Nations to construct a model that explains what makes nations happy, given macro-socioeconomic indicators of the nation.BRAC University reports are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.Economics--Social ScienceMicroeconomicsWorking Paper