01192nas a2200229   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002260001200043653001400055653001400069653001500083653002100098100003200119700003000151700003500181245006800216856009800284300001000382490000600392520055000398022001400948       2014                            d  c03/201410aEducation10aHappiness10aWell-being10aEntrepreneurship1 aJosé Manuel Sáiz-Álvarez1 aAlicia Corduras Martínez1 aCarlos Cuervo-Arango Martínez00aAn Entrepreneurial Well-being Model based on GEM Data for Spain  uhttp://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/files/2014/03/ijimai20142_5_5_pdf_26415.pdf  a38-470 v23 aThe Economics of Happiness is one of the research areas of greatest growth in recent years. Throughout this work, a venture based model in which satisfaction of Spanish entrepreneurs with their professional life is performed. We analyze the responses of 9,989 entrepreneurs using data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), and six hypothesis are discussed. The results show that, for the Spanish case, there is a strong consistency in the results the opportunity entrepreneurs present greater satisfaction than necessity entrepreneurs.  a1989-1660