Do governance factors matter for happiness in the MENA region?

Fereidouni, Hassan Gholipour; Najdi, Youhanna; Amiri, Reza Ekhtiari

doi:10.1108/ijse-11-2012-0208

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“…Gholipour Fereidouni et al . () obtained no significant relationship between voice and accountability and happiness in developing MENA countries. Ott () also found that the correlation between happiness and democracy is relatively weak in the MENA region.…”

Section: Major Factors Behind Life Dissatisfaction In Developing Menamentioning

confidence: 86%

Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction With Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring

Arampatzi

Burger

Ianchovichina³

et al. 2018

Review of Income and Wealth

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AND ElEna ianchovichinaWorld Bank AND tina röhricht and ruut vEEnhovEn Erasmus University RotterdamDespite progress with economic and social development over several decades, life satisfaction was relatively low and declining in many developing Arab countries in the second half of the 2000s-a situation described in this paper as the "unhappy development" paradox. The paper empirically tests the direction and strength of association of a range of objective and subjective factors with subjective well-being in the Middle East and North Africa in the years immediately preceding the Arab Spring uprisings (2009-10). The findings suggest a significant, negative association between life satisfaction levels and each of the main perceived grievances voiced during the 2011 uprisings-dissatisfaction with the standard of living, poor labor market conditions, and corruption in the form of nepotism or cronyism. The increased prevalence of dissatisfaction with the standard of living contributed the most to the decline in subjective well-being during this period, followed by worsening labor market conditions manifested in increased unemployment and decline in self-reported earnings. In addition, perceptions about corruption became more important for people's life satisfaction, particularly in the Arab Spring countries where the uprisings were most intense.JEL Codes: D60, I31, Z13 economies, except the Republic of Yemen, and was low on average. The incomes of the bottom 40 percent, measured as 2005 PPP-adjusted per capita expenditure, grew at higher rates than average expenditures in many developing Arab countries for which information was available (Ianchovichina 2018). The Gini inequality indexes were moderate by international standards and did not worsen in most MENA economies (Ianchovichina 2018). Importantly, over the past decades the region had made notable strides in reaching not only the Millennium Development Goals related to poverty and access to infrastructure services (especially drinking water and sanitation and Internet connectivity), but also those related to reducing hunger and child and maternal mortality, and increasing school enrollment (Iqbal and Kiendrebeogo, 2016).Prior to the Arab Spring uprisings, most developing MENA countries were seen as relatively stable places. Only two MENA countries-Iraq (7th) and the Republic of Yemen (15th) -made it to the top 25 of the 2010 Failed States Index 1 of Foreign Policy. Libya and Tunisia were ranked 111th and 118th of 177 countries, respectively, and so they appeared among the stronger and less fragile countries in the world (Goodwin, 2011). With autocratic rulers in power for many years, the cracks in these countries' models of government remained invisible to most 1 The Failed States Index measures stability based on economic, political, and military indicators. Figure 1a. Satisfaction with Life and GDP per Capita, 2007-10. Note: Numbers are weighted averages for 145 countries. Abbreviations: EGY = Egypt; JOR = Jordan; LBN = Lebanon; MAR = Morocco; WBG = West Bank and...

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Section: Major Factors Behind Life Dissatisfaction In Developing Menamentioning

confidence: 86%

Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction With Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring

Arampatzi

Burger

Ianchovichina³

et al. 2018

Review of Income and Wealth

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“…The results indicate that the functioning social systems sphere such as healthcare and education is a kind of investment to human capital development that affects national economy and overall social development. Fereidouni et al (2013) analyze the effects of governance issues on happiness and relations between unhappiness and political unrest by using panel data on 14 Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, during the period of 2009-2011. The aim of the study is to show the effects of governance components (voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory quality for private sector development, rule of law and control of corruption) on happiness.…”

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Whether control of corruption matters for happiness: evidence from panel data analysis

Šatrović¹,

Çetiner²,

Muslija³

2018

Pressacademia

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Purpose-Paper aims to give empirical evidence on the impact of control of corruption on happiness as a proxy of social progress by collecting panel data for 59 countries over the period 2007-2016. Methodology-Initial as well as extended model that controls for government consumption are estimated using linear static and dynamic panel data estimators. In order to test for the sensitivity of the results and to estimate short-and long-run coefficients, panel ARDL framework is employed. Findings-The results of linear static and dynamic panel data estimators indicate the significant positive impact of control of corruption on happiness in both, initial and extended models. ARDL model reports a significant relationship between control of corruption and happiness in initial and extended model only in the long-run. Conclusion-The convergence process from corrupt to hones politics is complex and is likely to be achieved only in the long-run period.

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“…The previous research has shown a positive relationship between the happiness and the various indicators of success in the workplace. Compared to their less happy colleagues, happy people tend to make more money, showing a better job performance, and more often help their colleagues (Boehm & Lyubomirsky, 2008;Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener, 2005).Conversely, the unhappiness in the workplace can reduce the organizational productivity and also increase rates of absenteeism higher in the workplace (Gholipour, Najdi, & Ekhtiari, 2013). It is important that organizations seek the prosperity and the happiness in the workplace, because it is not only benefits for the employees, but also the benefits for the organization, because the happiness in the workplace increases organizational productivity (Fisher, 2010;Rodríguez et al, 2010;Simmons 2014).Jessica Pryce-Jones (in Rao, et al, 2017) adds the happiness in the workplace with regard to utilizing all of the best-owned resources to overcome the challenges faced.…”

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Happiness at Workplace

Rahmi

2018

Proceedings of the International Conference of Mental Health, Neuroscience, and Cyber-Psychology - Icometh-NCP 2018

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Entering the 21st century, the company no longer focuses on the expertise that employees have, but rather on optimizing the quality and function, as well as the positive work experience that employees have. This current situation shows that happiness is one of the important issues that need to be considered especially in the world environment. Happiness in the work place refers to employee satisfaction with their works and lives (Wesarat, at work tend to focus more on their work and increase their productivities. Happiness at work is influenced by job satisfaction, job engagement, workp stress and self-confidence. factors that influence happiness, the importance of happiness in the workplace and exposure to some of the results of previous research both outside and in Indonesia so that it can be an input for further research, remembering happiness is an important domain especially in life in the work environment.

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Do governance factors matter for happiness in the MENA region?

Cited by 23 publications

References 22 publications

Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction With Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring

Unhappy Development: Dissatisfaction With Life on the Eve of the Arab Spring

Whether control of corruption matters for happiness: evidence from panel data analysis

Happiness at Workplace

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