Governance and Happiness in African countries

Henri Njangang ()

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Abstract: Using Ordinary Least Squares and the Generalized Method of Moments techniques, this paper analyses the effect of governance on happiness in a panel of 31 African countries over the period 2006-2017. We find that governance quality improves happiness.

Keywords: Governance; Happiness; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 I31 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-06-07
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