Life Satisfaction and Preferences over Economic Growth and Institutional Quality

This paper demonstrates that institutional factors have differential impacts on subjective well-being of individuals in rich versus poor countries. A lower level of corruption, a more democratic government and better civil rights increase the well-being of individuals in rich countries, whereas an i...

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Published in:Journal of labor research 2017-03, Vol.38 (1), p.100-121
Main Authors: Altindag, Duha T., Xu, Junyue
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Civil rights
Correlation analysis
Corruption
Democracy
Developing countries
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Happiness
High income
Hypotheses
LDCs
Life satisfaction
Life sciences
Low income groups
Per capita
Quality
Social Sciences
Social welfare
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Variables
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subjects Civil rights
Correlation analysis
Corruption
Democracy
Developing countries
Economic conditions
Economic development
Economic growth
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Happiness
High income
Hypotheses
LDCs
Life satisfaction
Life sciences
Low income groups
Per capita
Quality
Social Sciences
Social welfare
Studies
Variables
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