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Figure 2.2 Female-Male Difference in Life Satisfaction and Log GDP per Capita
GDP per capita data are for 2006 in PPP constant 2005 international dollars. GDP data are from World
Bank (2010) World Development Indicators Online (WDI) database. Data retrieved March 1, 2011. The
OLS regression is SatLifef-SatLifem= 0.31 - 0.03lnGDP. R2 = 0.04 N=73.
[1.98] [1.73]
If the female-male happiness gap is not a reflection of a country’s stage of
development, then perhaps it is associated with overall well-being. One might speculate
that the female-male happiness gap would be larger in countries with higher levels of
overall well-being if increases in well-being are a result of economic opportunities,
freedom, and/or education. One could also speculate that the opposite would be true. If
reported happiness takes into account aspirations and if women’s aspirations are lower
relative to men at lower levels of overall well-being then the happiness gap could
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Object Description
| Title | Essays on health and well-being |
| Author | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
| Author email | smith2@usc.edu; jackiesmith04@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Economics |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-23 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 26 Apr. 2012. |
| Date published | 2012-04-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) |
Easterlin, Richard A. Ham, John C. |
| Advisor (committee member) | Melguizo, Tatiana |
| Abstract | This dissertation is comprised of three chapters that use microeconometric techniques to investigate the factors that affect people’s well-being. In the first two chapters, well-being is defined as life satisfaction or health satisfaction. The first chapter explores how the movement from socialism to capitalism affected the life satisfaction and health satisfaction of East Germans relative to West Germans after reunification. The second chapter examines whether women are happier, less happy, or equally happy as men in countries at various stages of development. The third chapter examines whether pollution affects the academic performance of school children; their academic performance and achievements will have important implications for their future well-being. |
| Keyword | happiness; well-being |
| Geographic subject | Germany |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1990/2010; 2002/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3782 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Zweig-4500 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Zweig-4500.pdf |
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| Title | Page 87 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 78 Figure 2.2 Female-Male Difference in Life Satisfaction and Log GDP per Capita GDP per capita data are for 2006 in PPP constant 2005 international dollars. GDP data are from World Bank (2010) World Development Indicators Online (WDI) database. Data retrieved March 1, 2011. The OLS regression is SatLifef-SatLifem= 0.31 - 0.03lnGDP. R2 = 0.04 N=73. [1.98] [1.73] If the female-male happiness gap is not a reflection of a country’s stage of development, then perhaps it is associated with overall well-being. One might speculate that the female-male happiness gap would be larger in countries with higher levels of overall well-being if increases in well-being are a result of economic opportunities, freedom, and/or education. One could also speculate that the opposite would be true. If reported happiness takes into account aspirations and if women’s aspirations are lower relative to men at lower levels of overall well-being then the happiness gap could FRA JPN AUT PRT ESP NOR BEL NLD SWEIRL CAN GBR FIN DEU AUS CHE USA DNK ITA GRC SVK ROM BGR EST RUS LVA BLR LTU POL HUN CZE SVN IDN MYS TJK MNG PHL KAZ IRN NPLBGD KOR KHM VNM TUR KGZ IND THA PER BOL HND CHL MEX NIC ECU SLV VEN GTM ARG COL PAN URY CRI DOM BRA CMR MLI UGA KEN TZA MOZ SEN BFA -.4 -.2 0 .2 .4 .6 Female-Male Difference in Life Satisfaction 7 8 9 10 11 Log GDP per Capita 78 |
