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Religiosity as a determinant of happiness
We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our interpretation of the empirical results is that the indifference curves for religiosity and other commodities of the utility function are hump-shaped.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Diskussionsbeitrag ; No. 467
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Cultural Economics: Religion
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- Subject
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Happiness
religiosity
utility function
long-run development
Zufriedenheit
Religion
Einkommensverteilung
Nutzenfunktion
Statistische Verteilung
Welt
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Gundlach, Erich
Opfinger, Matthias
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
- (where)
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Hannover
- (when)
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2011
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Gundlach, Erich
- Opfinger, Matthias
- Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Time of origin
- 2011
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