The Societal Determinants of Happiness and Unhappiness: Evidence From 152 Countries Over 15 Years

IF 4.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Social Psychological and Personality Science Pub Date : 2023-09-09 DOI:10.1177/19485506231197803

Satoshi Araki

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Abstract

What makes people (un)happy? From the macro viewpoint, this study investigates the societal determinants of average life satisfaction (LS), the percentage of thriving/suffering people, and positive/negative affect collectively experienced in a society. Using the aggregate-level panel data for 152 economies over 15 years, country-fixed effects regressions reveal (1) the marginal effect of economic growth is likely to be smaller in affluent countries; (2) generosity predicts higher LS and positive affect heterogeneously across macroeconomic standards; (3) social support is substantially linked to both happiness and unhappiness worldwide; (4) freedom of choice predicts the lower risk of suffering and the higher chances of thriving and positive affect, especially in advanced economies; (5) longer healthy life expectancy is associated with the higher frequency of encountering negative affect; and (6) corruption negatively predicts happiness, particularly in the richest country group. These findings advance the socioeconomics of (un)happiness and relevant policy toward human flourishing.

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幸福与不幸福的社会决定因素:来自152个国家15年的证据

什么使人们(不)快乐?从宏观的角度来看，本研究调查了平均生活满意度(LS)的社会决定因素，繁荣/痛苦的人的百分比，积极/消极的影响集体经历在一个社会。利用152个经济体过去15年的总体水平面板数据，国家固定效应回归显示:(1)富裕国家经济增长的边际效应可能较小;(2)在不同的宏观经济标准下，慷慨度对高LS和积极效应的预测存在异质性;(3)在世界范围内，社会支持与幸福和不幸福都有着本质上的联系;(4)选择自由预示着更低的痛苦风险和更高的繁荣和积极影响的机会，特别是在发达经济体;(5)健康预期寿命越长，遭遇负面情绪的频率越高;(6)腐败负向预测幸福，尤其是在最富裕的国家群体中。这些发现推动了(非)幸福的社会经济学和人类繁荣的相关政策。

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Social Psychological and Personality Science PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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