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Does social development increase the happiness level? Evidence from global panel data

Turkish Economic Review

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Title Does social development increase the happiness level? Evidence from global panel data
 
Creator SAMREEN, Isma
MAJEED, Muhammad Tariq;

Associate Professor of Economics

School of Economics

 Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
 
Subject Happiness; Social development.
D63; I30; I31.
 
Description Abctract. This study attempts to examine the links between social development and happiness. Social development plays a very important role in increasing the level of happiness. Social development leads to better education, health and more economic growth. The analysis is captured by employing panel data of 125 countries over the period 2014-2018. The empirical analysis is based on Fixed Effects Method (FEM), Random Effects Method (REM), Instrumental Variable Fixed Effects Method (IVFE), Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) and Driscoll-Kraay Standard Errors. The empirical analysis demonstrates that social development has a positive impact on happiness. The study suggests that government should encourage such projects, which enhance the level of social development.Keywords. Happiness, Social development.JEL. D63, I30, I31.
 
Publisher Turkish Economic Review
Turkish Economic Review
 
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Date 2019-12-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/TER/article/view/1985
10.1453/ter.v6i4.1985
 
Source Turkish Economic Review; Vol 6, No 4 (2019): December; 320-334
Turkish Economic Review; Vol 6, No 4 (2019): December; 320-334
2149-0414
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/TER/article/view/1985/1992
http://www.kspjournals.org/index.php/TER/article/downloadSuppFile/1985/1032
 
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