| Journal: | Revista de economia politica |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000280377 |
| ISSN: | 0101-3157 |
| Authors: | Corbi, Raphael Bottura1 Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino2 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Universidade de Sao Paulo, Departamento de Economia, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Oct-Dic |
| Volumen: | 26, p.518-536 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 518-536 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, socioeconómico |
| English abstract | This paper investigates the role that economic variables play in the determination of happiness, using reported happiness as a proxy to individual well-being. We use microdata extracted from the World Values Survey for five countries, emphasizing the Brazilian case. Our findings suggest that there is a positive and significant correlation between happiness and income. Unemployment is also a large source of unhappiness. In most cases, happiness appears to be positively correlated to being married. Moreover, happiness is apparently U-shaped in age (minimizing at 50's) |
| Disciplines: | Demografía, Economía |
| Keyword: | Sociología de la población, Condiciones económicas, Brasil, Felicidad, Nivel de vida, Bienestar social, Ingreso, Happiness, Empleo, Desarrollo social |
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