Kuroki, Masanori - In: Journal of Happiness Studies 14 (2013) 3, pp. 783-794
direct experience of burglary and robbery, using micro-level happiness data from Japan. I find that the direct experience of … burglary significantly reduces victims’ reported happiness. In monetary terms, being burglarized is as bad as losing … approximately $35,000–$52,500. This paper also tests for heterogeneous effects of victimization on happiness. Happiness of the …