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Happiness and the Quality of Government
Helliwell, John F.; Huang, Haifang; Wang, Shun - 2022
This chapter uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup … generally over 1,500 national-level observations, we show that government delivery quality is significantly correlated with … national happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators. Confidence in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322663
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Happiness and the Quality of Government
Helliwell, John F. - 2020
This chapter uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup … generally over 1,500 national-level observations, we show that government delivery quality is significantly correlated with … national happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators. Confidence in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479363
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Happiness and the Quality of Government
Helliwell, John F.; Huang, Haifang; Wang, Shun - 2020
This paper uses happiness data to assess the quality of government. Our happiness data are drawn from the Gallup World … over 1,500 national-level observations, we show that government delivery quality is significantly correlated with national … happiness, but democratic quality is not. We also analyze other quality of government indicators.Confidence in government is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014092415
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Lebenszufriedenheit und Wohlbefinden in Deutschland : Studie zur Konstruktion eines Lebenszufriedenheitsindikators
Suntum, Ulrich van; Prinz, Aloys; Uhde, Nicole - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858404
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Are the effects of height on well-being a tall tale?
Denny, Kevin - 2015
Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good economic outcomes such as earnings. A smaller number have argued for an association with well-being. In this paper, cross-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392110
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Happiness surveys : exclusive guides for policy?
Tichy, Gunther - In: European journal of economics and economic policies : … 11 (2014) 3, pp. 333-348
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010512297
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Happy moves? : assessing the link between life satisfaction and emigration intentions
Ivlevs, Artjoms - 2015
It has been shown that higher levels of subjective well-being lead to greater work productivity, better physical health and enhanced social skills. Because of these positive externalities, policymakers across the world should be interested in attracting and retaining happy and life-satisfied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010515268
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Estimating benefits from regional amenities : internal migration and life satisfaction
Faßhauer, Angela; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2015
This paper is the first to link economic theory with empirical life-satisfaction analyses referring to internal migration. We derive an extension of the Roback (1982) model to account for benefits from regional amenities in the utility function, while controlling for income, housing costs, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517691
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Prenatal testosterone exposure predicts mindfulness : does this mediate its effect on happiness?
Neyse, Levent; Ring, Patrick; Bosworth, Steven - 2015
This study investigates the connection between mindfulness and prenatal testosterone exposure and explores whether this is related to the relationship between mindfulness and human well-being as captured by three separate measures. In a sample of 90 German student participants, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010518632
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Are the effects of height on well-being a tall tale?
Denny, Kevin - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011416294