Can a click buy a little happiness? The impact of business-to-consumer e-commerce on subjective well-being

This paper presents the first empirical investigation into the effect of e-shopping on subjective well-being. The analysis relies on a nationally and regionally representative dataset from Italy (n = 4,130) drawn from the 2008 wave of the Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) carried out by the Bank of Italy. Probit, OLS regressions and instrumental variables estimates show that e-shopping is strongly and positively associated with subjective well-being.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Sabatini, Fabio
Publisher:	Brussels : Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI)
Subject:	Happiness \| subjective well-being \| Internet \| business-to-consumer e-commerce \| B2C \| e-shopping \| instrumental variables \| Italy

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Series:	EERI Research Paper Series ; 12/2011
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	866415696 [GVK] hdl:10419/142619 [Handle] RePEc:eei:rpaper:EERI_RP_2011_12 [RePEc]
Classification:	I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; E2 - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment ; Z19 - Cultural Economics. Other ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	EconStor

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