Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66696 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] Estudios de Economía [ISSN:] 0718-5286 [Volume:] 35 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía [Place:] Santiago de Chile [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 65-78
Publisher: 
Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Economía, Santiago de Chile
Abstract (Translated): 
We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing happiness levels. Then, the probabilty of being happy is estimated by probit models. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal effect or a correlation, is not clear. This issue is explo red using matching methods, finding that a good health status increases the probability of being happy between 31 and 46 percentage points in Uruguay, 15 and 27 in Argentina; and 17 and 27 for the region.
Subjects: 
happiness
health status
matching method.
JEL: 
D60
I31
I12
Document Type: 
Article

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