Does government ideology affect personal happiness? A test

Axel Dreher and Hannes Öhler

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 111, issue 2, 161-165

Abstract: We investigate the impact of government ideology on left-wing as compared to conservative individuals. We find that conservative people are happier, on average. In a sample excluding the richest countries left-wing people are happier under the tenure of left-wing governments.

Keywords: Life; satisfaction; Happiness; Government; Ideology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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