What Contributes to Life Satisfaction in Transitional Romania?

Daniela Andrén () and Peter Martinsson

Review of Development Economics, 2006, vol. 10, issue 1, pages 59-70

Abstract: This paper analyzes life satisfaction in Romania in 2001, 12 years after the collapse of communism and the beginning of the transition into a market economy. Using a survey of 1770 individuals, we find that our results are very similar to studies in Western Europe and the USA. Life satisfaction increases with housing standard, health status, economic situation, education, trusting other people, and living in the countryside, and decreases with rising unemployment. However, life satisfaction is lower than in Western countries with about 74% of the people in the sample being not at all satisfied or not quite satisfied with their life in general, and the remaining part being quite satisfied or very satisfied. A policy discussion concludes the paper. Copyright © 2006 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Date: 2006
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