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

Fabio Sabatini

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, Belgium : EERI, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute
Subject:	Happiness \| subjective well-being \| Internet \| business-to-consumer e-commerce \| B2C \| e-shopping \| instrumental variables \| Italy \| Electronic Commerce \| E-commerce \| Zufriedenheit \| Satisfaction \| Italien \| Online-Handel \| Online retailing \| Lebensqualität \| Quality of life \| Konsumentenverhalten \| Consumer behaviour \| Beziehungsmarketing \| Relationship marketing

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 23 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	EERI research paper series. - Brussels : EERI, ISSN 2031-4892, ZDB-ID 2861229-2. - Vol. no 2011/12
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/142619 [Handle]
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:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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