Does government ideology affect personal happiness?: a test
We investigate the impact of government ideology on left-wing as compared to conservative individuals. We find that conservative people are happier, on average. In a sample excluding the richest countries left-wing people are happier under the tenure of left-wing governments.
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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21 February 2011
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Economics letters
Year: 2011, Jahrgang: 111, Heft: 2, Pages: 161-165 |
| ISSN: | 0165-1765 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.020 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.020 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016517651100070X 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Axel Dreher, Hannes Öhler |
| Zusammenfassung: | We investigate the impact of government ideology on left-wing as compared to conservative individuals. We find that conservative people are happier, on average. In a sample excluding the richest countries left-wing people are happier under the tenure of left-wing governments. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 0165-1765 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.02.020 |