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Is It Culture or Democracy? The Impact of Democracy, Income, and Culture on Happiness

Type
discussion paper
Date Issued
2005-06-01
Author(s)
Dorn, David
Fischer, Justina A. V.
Kirchgässner, Gebhard  
Alfonso, Sousa-Poza
Abstract
We look at the relation between democracy and perceived subjective well-being, taking also into account the impact of income and culture. After briefly reviewing the empirical results for Switzerland, we re-estimate this relationship allowing for the relative income position of individuals and also using a new more recent data from the Swiss Household Panel. No robust relationship between the extent of (direct) democracy and happiness can be observed. In a second step, we conduct a crossnational analysis, covering 28 countries with data from the 1998 International Social Survey Programme (ISSP). There we observe a robust positive and significant relationship between democracy and happiness.
Language
English
Keywords
Culture
Democracy
Direct Democracy
Happiness
Institutions
Utility
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Number
2005-12
URL
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/84708
Subject(s)

economics

Division(s)

SIAW - Swiss Institut...

SEPS - School of Econ...

Eprints ID
58226
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