Alfonso Sousa-Poza

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    Is It Culture or Democracy? The Impact of Democracy and Culture on Happiness
    (Springer, 2007-07-01)
    David, Dorn
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    Fischer, Justina
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    Kirchgässner, Gebhard  
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    Sousa-Poza, Alfonso  
    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 cross-national 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.
    Type:journal article
    Journal:Social Indicators Research
    Volume:82
    Issue:3
    DOI:10.1007/s11205-006-9048-4
    URI:https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/handle/20.500.14171/80468
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