The determinants of perceived overall security

Giovanna Garrone () and Guido Ortona ()

POLIS Working Papers from Institute of Public Policy and Public Choice - POLIS

Abstract: This paper deals with what we believe is an important component of human well being, which has been traditionally neglected by economic discourse: the individual’s perception of his/her life’s overall security. Our aim is to study this feature within the framework of the economics of happiness approach. Here we investigate the determinants of subjective security, while the influence of security in traditional measures of happiness and subjective well-being will be the object of a companion paper.

Keywords: security; happiness; relational goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D10 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2013-03
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