The an- in the bivariate models come from? We nual World Happiness Report (WHR) uses find that in all (nine) cases, the (three) re- the results of international personal sur- gressors in the GDP function, and the (six) veys carried out by the Gallup organiza- regressors in the WHR well-being model, tion. [...] follows, all rich countries — Western Eu- rope and the New World — are in the top Modelling Trust and Deep Trust half of the trust distribution, with the least How to measure and model trusting and trusting — France — being at the median. [...] of trust, incorporating all the above-named variables, and estimated — as will be all The first row of variables in Table 1 are the econometric models in the article — Bjornskov’s deep-rooted determinants of 9 Wiki reports that, of the 80 per cent of the population of Singapore who are ’citizens or permanent residents,’ about 74 per cent are ethnically Chinese, 13 per cent Malay, and 9 per cent In. [...] life that is unevenly distributed around the Now, we repeat the exercise from the world (as well as within countries), and the third section of the article: here looking wide range of SWB outcomes may suggest for evidence that trust works indirectly that the differences in the other factors do through its influence on the direct deter- not cancel out. [...] The supposed wrong-doing con- happiness works indirectly through the re- cerns possible attempts by the then Man- gressors identified in the World Happiness aging Director of the Bank to improve the Reports.16 rating of China, at a time when that coun- try’s support was sought for an increase in The Kiwi Conundrum: Compar- the Bank’s funding.
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