Technology and Welfare - Investigating the relationship between the ownership of technology-based assets and subjective measures of well-being

Alexander O'Riordan
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Alexander O'Riordan: Department of Economics, Stellenbosch University

No 05/2020, Working Papers from Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper estimates the effects of the ownership of technological assets on self-reported measures of wellbeing, both subjective and objective. The estimation procedure employed is based on a dynamic panel approach, one that is capable of controlling for individual effects, as well as potential sources of endogeneity such as reverse causality. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant relationship between changes in the composition and value of one’s technological asset portfolio and measures of social and economic wellbeing.

Keywords: asset ownership; welfare; dynamic effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D60 D63 O10 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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