Objective The analysis of the determinants of well-being has typically been carried out either at the micro-level to quantify the relationship between income and well-being of individuals within countries, or at the macro-level looking at the aggregate relationship between happiness and GDP between countries. In this project we consider a multilevel structure where characteristics both at the individual and aggregated levels jointly determine life-satisfaction. Our focus is the economic and non-economic determinants of well-being across Europe and we ask what level of geographical aggregation (e.g. individual, regional or national) matters for individual well-being and whether the drivers of well-being differ across these multiple levels, i.e. within and between countries. In particular, we wish to understand how the degree of interaction by individuals within a group, at broadening levels of society, can affect their well-being. We therefore allow individuals to be related to others in their immediate `vicinity' or neighborhood, and then explore how these smaller groups themselves are related to larger clusters of individuals at the neighborhood and regional level. The availability and use of the 2006 and 2008 European Social Survey data means that we can gauge well-being across both Western Europe, the original EU member states and the new accession countries. Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG - Marie Curie Action: "Reintegration Grants" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ERG - European Re-integration Grants (ERG) Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA Address Via cracovia 50 00133 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Giuseppe Novelli (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE Participation ended United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Trinity lane the old schools CB2 1TN Cambridge See on map Region East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Renata Schaeffer (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
