Democracy, Participation, and Life Satisfaction<sup>*</sup>

Owen, Ann L.; Videras, Julio; Willemsen, Christina

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00595.x

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“…Dorn et al (2007) in empirical work based on 28 countries find a significant effect for democracy once they have allowed for socio-economic, demographic and cultural variables. Owen, Videras and Willemsen (2008) find a contemporaneous positive correlation between democracy and individual well-being after controlling for individual and country characteristics as well as for country dummy variables that are likely to capture the cumulative effects of democracy on the quality of institutions. Inglehart et al (2008) also found evidence for the impact of freedom, and hence democracy, on well-being.…”

Section: 1the Impact Of Governance On Wellbeingmentioning

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The Impact of Democracy on Well-being

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Can governance impact directly on well-being? In this paper we examine subjective well-being using data for a cross section of countries from the World Values data set. We find that regional democratic satisfaction impacts on both individual happiness and life satisfaction. However, the impact is less evident for women, rich people and for those in rich countries. The fact that the governance variable analysis is based on regional differences in democratic satisfaction reminds us that governance and indeed happiness often differs within countries as well as between them. The use of regional satisfaction in this manner helps overcome endogeneity problems which would be present if we were to use individual democratic satisfaction. Other significant determinants of happiness include settlement size, marital status, income, unemployment and being part of a linguistic minority/majority grouping.

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2012

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“…The importance of international development cooperation in the fight against poverty has been studied by many authors (McGillivray et al ., ; De Haan, ; Minoiu and Reddy, ; Alvi and Senbeta, ; Gyimah‐Brempong et al ., ) along with government policies implemented by low‐income and middle‐income countries to reduce their poverty gap (Schneider, ; Alonso, ; Owen et al ., ; Orviska et al ., ). Both policies have been and continue to be crucial for effective poverty reduction in these countries.…”

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Shedding Light On Policy Coherence for Development: A Conceptual Framework

Sianes

2013

J of Intl Development

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Policy Coherence has undoubtedly been one of the catchwords in the international debate on development aid since the 1990s but, as many authors have stated, no generally accepted agreement has been reached on defining the concept. This paper performs a systematic review to date of the literature on Policy Coherence for Development, drawing a conceptual map aimed to put Policy Coherence for Development in its rightful place within the development aid system. Within this framework, some of the main debates on the topic will be outlined in order to contribute to the enhancement of Policy Coherence for Development.

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“…Therefore, government decisions will be more aligned to the needs and interests of the nation, thereby raising the level of well-being of people (Frey & Stutzer, 2000). Owen, Videras and Willemsen (2008) attributed the positive association between democracy and well-being to the opportunity to engage in the political process. In addressing whether various ways of institutionalising democracy affects well-being, Altman, Flavin and Radcliff (2017) employed individual and aggregate-level data for OECD countries from 1981-2008 and found robust evidence that the influence of the different types of democratic institutions for subjective well-being are substantial.…”

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Determinants of Well-being for Developing and Developed Countries and their Role in Policy-making: A Panel Data Analysis

Vaithilingam

Chua

2019

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The gross domestic product has been the traditional indicator used to measure economic growth, with almost every country having national policies that are growth-centric in nature. Underlying this practice is the assumption that higher income levels precede higher levels of utility, or well-being. However, the Easterlin paradox discovered by Easterlin in the 1970s contradicts this economic assumption and has subsequently ignited interest in the study of subjective well-being and its determinants. Using the countries' responses to the life satisfaction question in the World Values Survey as the measure of subjective well-being over a period of time, this study utilises panel data techniques to identify the key determinants of life satisfaction for developing and developed countries. The study also determines the relative importance of these key determinants for the two groups of countries. The findings of this study show that the determinants of life satisfaction differ across developed and developing countries, with religiosity being the only common determinant. The policy implications of these findings are discussed.

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Democracy, Participation, and Life Satisfaction^*

Cited by 55 publications

References 35 publications

The Impact of Democracy on Well-being

The Impact of Democracy on Well-being

Shedding Light On Policy Coherence for Development: A Conceptual Framework

Determinants of Well-being for Developing and Developed Countries and their Role in Policy-making: A Panel Data Analysis

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Shedding Light On Policy Coherence for Development: A Conceptual Framework

Determinants of Well-being for Developing and Developed Countries and their Role in Policy-making: A Panel Data Analysis

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