Religiosity as a determinant of happiness

We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel dataafter controlling for income levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happinesscan be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but not with intermediate levels. A risein income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity...

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Year of publication:	2011-03-03
Authors:	Gundlach, Erich ; Opfinger, Matthias
Institutions:	Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Subject:	Glück \| Religiosität \| Nutzenfunktion \| Langzeit \| unemployment durations

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Series:	Leibniz Universität Hannover - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät - Diskussionspapiere Discussion Paper ; No. 467 (2011)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	I31 - General Welfare; Basic Needs; Quality of Life ; O11 - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Z12 - Religion ; Business administration. General ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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