Money does not buy happiness: Or does it? A reassessment based on the combined effects of wealth, income and consumption

被引：131

作者：

Headey, Bruce ^{[1
]}

Muffels, Ruud ^{[2
]}

Wooden, Mark ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Inst, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia

[2] Tilburg Univ, NL-5000 LE Tilburg, Netherlands

来源：

SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH | 2008年 / 87卷 / 01期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

happiness; wealth; income; consumption; panel data;

D O I：

10.1007/s11205-007-9146-y

中图分类号：

C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

The paper uses household economic panel data from five countries-Australia, Britain, Germany, Hungary and The Netherlands-to provide a reassessment of the impact of economic well-being on happiness. The main conclusion is that happiness is considerably more affected by economic circumstances than previously believed. In all five countries wealth affects life satisfaction more than income. In the countries for which consumption data are available (Britain and Hungary), non-durable consumption expenditures also prove at least as important to happiness as income.

引用

页码：65 / 82

页数：18

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