Integration and Subjective Well-Being Among Off-Site University Students

Salvatore Bimonte (), Luigi Bosco () and Arsenio Stabile
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Salvatore Bimonte: University of Siena
Arsenio Stabile: University of Siena

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2020, vol. 147, issue 3, No 11, 947-969

Abstract: Abstract This study addresses an intriguing issue: does social integration impact on self-reported happiness? Can segregation overwhelm the effects of other determinants claimed to positively affect people’s well-being? Research on this topic normally focuses on racial-based segregation and international migration. This paper calls the attention to what happens when integration involves well-off internal migrants, i.e. off-site university students. Using survey data, we conduct an OPR to detect any relationship between integration and self-reported happiness, controlling for a set of individual characteristics and endogeneity. The results suggest that increased perceived lack of integration is associated with a reduction in happiness.

Keywords: Happiness; Migration; Integration; WEIRDs; Off-site students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I31 J15 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-019-02182-0

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