Happiness and the provisioning of public goods: an answer to the Easterlin paradox

We use data from the latinobarometer, Eurobarometer, General social survey (GSS) and world bank to examine the influence of the provisioning of public goods in the individual happiness. The hypothesis is that the countries with higher income have better provision of public goods and so higher levels...

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Autores:
Rojas Gerena, Stephany
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/39333
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/39333
Palabra clave:
Felicidad
Economía
Calidad de vida
Bienestar personal
Economía
Rights
openAccess
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:We use data from the latinobarometer, Eurobarometer, General social survey (GSS) and world bank to examine the influence of the provisioning of public goods in the individual happiness. The hypothesis is that the countries with higher income have better provision of public goods and so higher levels of happiness. We find that public goods and GDP have a positive effect on happiness.