Subjective wellbeing and the national pride of Russians: causal analysis
Journal: Полис Политические исследования
Year: 2024

Happiness in Russia recovered rapidly along with economic growth between 1999–2008 after a sharp decline in the 1990s. Surprisingly, however, the economic stagnation that followed did not prevent further growth in happiness levels, which reached a historic peak by the end of 2017. Using data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study for the period 1999-2017, we have previously showed that 1) national pride, which began to rise in the 2000s, is strongly correlated with happiness;