 Wealth and Happiness: Empirical Evidence from IndonesiaErlangga Landiyanto, Jeffrey Ling, Mega Puspitasari and Septi Eka Irianti MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Abstract: Abstract Looking at the economics of happiness is an interesting way to provide a broader concept of wealth. It gives insight on relative utility that does not depend exclusively on income as mediated by individual choices or preferences within monetary budget constraints but also considers non monetary factors. Recent economic studies on happiness or subjective well being, most in developing countries, give us some insight on what contributes to individual’s satisfaction with their lives. Some studies in developed countries also found that within countries, a higher level income contributes to higher levels of reported well being. Unfortunately, economic studies on happiness in developing countries, including Indonesia, are limited because of data limitations. Therefore, this paper analyzes the determinants of subjective well being in Indonesia to assess whether there is positive association between individual wealth and happiness. Using the Indonesia Family Life Survey Data Set, logistic regression analysis is used to identify sources of happiness from both economic and non- economic variables. Keywords: Happiness.; Wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:50012 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Ludwigstraße 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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