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Article: The Societal Determinants of Happiness and Unhappiness: Evidence From 152 Countries Over 15 Years
Title | The Societal Determinants of Happiness and Unhappiness: Evidence From 152 Countries Over 15 Years |
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Issue Date | 9-Sep-2023 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Citation | Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2023 How to Cite? |
Abstract | What makes people (un)happy? From the macro viewpoint, this study investigates the societal determinants of average life satisfaction (LS), the percentage of thriving/suffering people, and positive/negative affect collectively experienced in a society. Using the aggregate-level panel data for 152 economies over 15 years, country-fixed effects regressions reveal (1) the marginal effect of economic growth is likely to be smaller in affluent countries; (2) generosity predicts higher LS and positive affect heterogeneously across macroeconomic standards; (3) social support is substantially linked to both happiness and unhappiness worldwide; (4) freedom of choice predicts the lower risk of suffering and the higher chances of thriving and positive affect, especially in advanced economies; (5) longer healthy life expectancy is associated with the higher frequency of encountering negative affect; and (6) corruption negatively predicts happiness, particularly in the richest country group. These findings advance the socioeconomics of (un)happiness and relevant policy toward human flourishing. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/331717 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.489 |
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dc.contributor.author | Araki, Satoshi | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-21T06:58:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-21T06:58:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-09-09 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Social Psychological and Personality Science, 2023 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1948-5506 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/331717 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>What makes people (un)happy? From the macro viewpoint, this study investigates the societal determinants of average life satisfaction (LS), the percentage of thriving/suffering people, and positive/negative affect collectively experienced in a society. Using the aggregate-level panel data for 152 economies over 15 years, country-fixed effects regressions reveal (1) the marginal effect of economic growth is likely to be smaller in affluent countries; (2) generosity predicts higher LS and positive affect heterogeneously across macroeconomic standards; (3) social support is substantially linked to both happiness and unhappiness worldwide; (4) freedom of choice predicts the lower risk of suffering and the higher chances of thriving and positive affect, especially in advanced economies; (5) longer healthy life expectancy is associated with the higher frequency of encountering negative affect; and (6) corruption negatively predicts happiness, particularly in the richest country group. These findings advance the socioeconomics of (un)happiness and relevant policy toward human flourishing.</p> | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Social Psychological and Personality Science | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.title | The Societal Determinants of Happiness and Unhappiness: Evidence From 152 Countries Over 15 Years | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/19485506231197803 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1948-5514 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1948-5506 | - |