Vliv vybraných faktorů na proměnnou štěstí v České republice

This dissertation aims to determine the influence of selected factors on the happiness variable in the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part, the selected studies of authors who are concerned with the economics of happiness are presented. In the practical part, two models are created with the use of least square method. The dissertation uses data from a sociological survey called European Social Survey. The variable being explained is happiness and the explaining variables are marital status, religion, gender, education, income, economic activity, age, health. The results show that the majority of variables seems to be statistically valuable and is positively influencing the happiness variable. Single people are happier compared to people who are married. It also turned out that females are happier than males but this was proved only in the first model. In the second model, this claim proved to be statistically vulnerable. Unemployed people are happier compared to those who are employed. Moreover, the results showed that the healthier people are, the happier they are. Education also positively affects happiness, hence the more educated a person is, the happier he/she is.