… and the Pursuit of Happiness - Institute of Economic Affairs
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<strong>…</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> pursuit <strong>of</strong> happiness<br />
subjective wellbeing<br />
Annexe<br />
Table 1 Regression results from several data sets<br />
Dependent variable:<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ardised life<br />
satisfaction<br />
Gallup World Poll:<br />
ladder question<br />
World Values Survey:<br />
life satisfaction<br />
Pew Global Attitudes<br />
Survey:<br />
ladder question<br />
Eurobarometer:<br />
life satisfaction<br />
0.232***<br />
(0.014)<br />
0.227***<br />
(0.037)<br />
0.283***<br />
(0.027)<br />
Withincountry,<br />
cross-person<br />
regression<br />
Crossperson,<br />
income<br />
adjusted<br />
Crosscountry<br />
regression<br />
0.422 0.342***<br />
(0.019)<br />
0.413 0.370***<br />
(0.036)<br />
0.515 0.204***<br />
(0.037)<br />
Longdifference<br />
time series<br />
regressions<br />
–<br />
0.505***<br />
(0.109)<br />
– – – 0.278*<br />
(0.164)<br />
Note: The table reports <strong>the</strong> coefficient on <strong>the</strong> log <strong>of</strong> household income (in column<br />
1) or GDP (o<strong>the</strong>rwise), obtained from regressing st<strong>and</strong>ardised life satisfaction on<br />
<strong>the</strong> indicated measure <strong>of</strong> income using <strong>the</strong> indicated dataset. ***, ** <strong>and</strong> * denote<br />
statistically significant at 1 per cent, 5 per cent <strong>and</strong> 10 per cent, respectively. For<br />
more details, see Sacks et al. (2010), especially Tables 1–3.<br />
Listing <strong>of</strong> country names <strong>and</strong> abbreviations<br />
Afghanistan<br />
AFG Argentina<br />
Angola<br />
AGO Armenia<br />
Albania<br />
ALB Australia<br />
United Arab<br />
Emirates<br />
ARE Austria<br />
Azerbaijan<br />
–<br />
ARG<br />
ARM<br />
AUS<br />
AUT<br />
AZE<br />
Burundi<br />
Belgium<br />
Benin<br />
Burkina Faso<br />
Bangladesh<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Bosnia <strong>and</strong><br />
Herzegovina<br />
Belarus<br />
Bolivia<br />
Brazil<br />
Botswana<br />
Canada<br />
Switzerl<strong>and</strong><br />
Chile<br />
China<br />
Cameroon<br />
Colombia<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Cuba<br />
Cyprus<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Germany<br />
Denmark<br />
Dominican Republic<br />
Algeria<br />
Ecuador<br />
Egypt<br />
BDI<br />
BEL<br />
BEN<br />
BFA<br />
BGD<br />
BGR<br />
BIH<br />
BLR<br />
BOL<br />
BRA<br />
BWA<br />
CAN<br />
CHE<br />
CHL<br />
CHN<br />
CMR<br />
COL<br />
CRI<br />
CUB<br />
CYP<br />
CZE<br />
DEU<br />
DNK<br />
DOM<br />
DZA<br />
ECU<br />
EGY<br />
Spain<br />
Estonia<br />
Ethiopia<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong><br />
France<br />
West Germany<br />
Great Britain<br />
East Germany<br />
Georgia<br />
Ghana<br />
Greece<br />
Guatemala<br />
Hong Kong<br />
Honduras<br />
Croatia<br />
Haiti<br />
Hungary<br />
Indonesia<br />
India<br />
Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Iran<br />
Iraq<br />
Icel<strong>and</strong><br />
Israel<br />
Italy<br />
Jamaica<br />
Jordan<br />
Japan<br />
ESP<br />
EST<br />
ETH<br />
FIN<br />
FRA<br />
FRG<br />
GBR<br />
GDR<br />
GEO<br />
GHA<br />
GRC<br />
GTM<br />
HKG<br />
HND<br />
HRV<br />
HTI<br />
HUN<br />
IDN<br />
IND<br />
IRL<br />
IRN<br />
IRQ<br />
ISL<br />
ISR<br />
ITA<br />
JAM<br />
JOR<br />
JPN<br />
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