Abstract
Highlights
- Present work tests the cross-country comparability of a happiness equation including proxies of social capital and relational goods.
- It focuses on two extremely opposite groups of countries: the richest and the poorest ones.
- The happiness equation is stable in the two groups of countries.
- Proxies of relational goods are positively correlated with subjective well-being.
- Social capital is a significant correlate of subjective well-being with stronger coefficients in high income countries.
- Present work tests the cross-country comparability of a happiness equation including proxies of social capital and relational goods.
- It focuses on two extremely opposite groups of countries: the richest and the poorest ones.
- The happiness equation is stable in the two groups of countries.
- Proxies of relational goods are positively correlated with subjective well-being.
- Social capital is a significant correlate of subjective well-being with stronger coefficients in high income countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 51-66 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Journal of Socio-Economics |
| Volume | 42 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Feb 2013 |
Keywords
- Happiness equation
- Easterlin paradox
- Subjective well-being
- Life satisfaction
- Social capital
- Relational goods
- Oaxaca decomposition
Projects
- 1 Finished
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VALCOS: Valeurs et cohésion sociale
Borsenberger, M. (PI), Berzosa, G. (CoI), Valentova, M. (CoI), Bardes, J. (CoI), Fleury, C. (CoI), Klein, C. (CoI), Dickes, P. (CoI), Hausman, P. (CoI), Sarracino, F. (CoI), Mikucka, M. (CoI), Callens, M.-S. (CoI), Acket, S. (CoI), Tourbeaux, J. (CoI), Dubajic, N. (CoI), Skoczylas, K. (CoI), Bartolini, S. (CoI), Zahlen, P. (CoI), Lehners, J.-P. (CoI), Estgen, P. (CoI), Mertz, F. (CoI) & Legrand, M. (CoI)
Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
1/02/07 → 31/01/11
Project: Research
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