In a recently published article, Bruni and Stanca (2008) suggest that television viewing has a negative impact on life … claim that television viewing in general has a negative impact on individual happiness. Using a large cross- country … concluding about television’s effect on life satisfaction -- Relational goods ; Subjective well-being ; TV consumption …

Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their … living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on … this model the equilibria can be inversely Pareto-ranked by their amount of television viewing. Arguments are offered to …