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Does government ideology affect personal happiness? : a test
Dreher, Axel; Öhler, Hannes - In: Economics letters 111 (2011) 2, pp. 161-165
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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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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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What aspects of society affect the quality of life of a minority? : global evidence from the new Gay Happiness Index
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
There is great variation in views on and treatment of minorities such as gay men across the world. We are the first to pinpoint what features of societies that are beneficial to gay men's quality of life by making use of a unique new cross-country dataset covering 110 countries, the Gay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410468
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The Easterlin paradox worldwide
Opfinger, Matthias - In: Applied economics letters 23 (2016) 1/3, pp. 85-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414419
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
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Quantifying the intangible impact of the olympics using subjective well-being data
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2019
Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi- experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012063244
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Do patents, trademarks and designs foster happiness in developed countries? : an empirical analysis
Derclaye, Estelle - In: International journal of happiness and development 1 (2014) 4, pp. 357-368
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A cross-country analysis of perceived economic status and life satisfaction in high- and low-income countries
Camfield, Laura; Esposito, Lucio - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 59 (2014), pp. 212-223
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416416