The effects of Economy, Values and Health on Happiness In Iran: the case of the Kish Island

Eilya Torshizian and Mohsen Mehrara

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Abstract: Increasing happiness of population as the ultimate goal has engaged economist’s interest in identifying, measuring and theorizing based on the amount of influence of effective components on happiness. What makes this paper remarkable in contrast to similar studies is its Islamic ideological structure of society and being a free economic zone. Method used to estimating happiness is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with latent variables. Results do not confirm presence of the Easterlin paradox in this society and moreover the religious variables are not significant.

Keywords: Behavioral Economics, Economics of Happiness; Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with latent variables; Subjective Well-Being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C30 D03 D60 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-03-15, Revised 2011-04-05
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