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dc.contributor.authorBjørnskov, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorDreher, Axelen
dc.contributor.authorFischer, Justina A.V.en
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-30-
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-06T15:40:05Z-
dc.date.available2011-10-06T15:40:05Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.3929/ethz-a-005626337en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/50347-
dc.description.abstractA long tradition in economics explores the association between the quality of formal institutions and economic performance. The literature on the relationship between such institutions and happiness is, however, rather limited. In this paper, we revisit the findings from recent cross-country studies on the institutions-happiness association. Our findings suggest that the conclusions reached by previous studies are fairly sensitive to the specific measure of happiness used. In addition, the results indicate that the welfare effects of policies may differ across phases of a country's economic development. This bears important policy implications which we discuss in the concluding section of the paper.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute |cZurichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKOF Working Papers |x192en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelH10en
dc.subject.jelH40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHappinessen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutionsen
dc.subject.keywordpolicy implicationsen
dc.subject.stwLebensqualitäten
dc.subject.stwZufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwInstitutionelle Infrastrukturen
dc.subject.stwInstitutionalismusen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleFormal institutions and subjective well-being: Revisiting the cross-country evidencee-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn584002475en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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