Lucchini, Mario and Della Bella, Sara and Crivelli, Luca (2015) Social Capital and Life Satisfaction in Switzerland. International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2 (3). ISSN 2049-2790 (In Press)
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This paper investigates the causal relationship running from some crucial social capital indicators to life satisfaction using linear panel data models (fixed-effects, random effects) on data coming from 12 waves (1999-2012) of Swiss Household Panel (SHP). The positive association between indicators of social capital - particularly trust with people, friendships, participation in voluntary associations - and life satisfaction has been widely proven in the literature although most of these studies adopt standard regression models and cross-sectional data leading to spurious conclusion. The panel nature and the rich information provided in the SHP allows to control for time constant unobserved characteristics, such as personality traits, and for most covariates that have been proven to influence life satisfaction. Overall, this study suggests that informal relationships and trust are the most important social capital indicators in terms of their effects on life satisfaction. Gender related differences are also apparent, in that the emotional support received from relatives or friends is a far better predictor of life satisfaction for women than for men.
| Item Type: | Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | life satisfaction; happiness; social capital; fixed effects; random effects; Swiss Household Panel; SHP; Switzerland; trust; friendship; participation; voluntary associations; personality traits; gender differences; emotional support |
| Subjects: | Social studies Social studies > Economics Business and administrative studies |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale |
| Depositing User: | Luca Crivelli |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2015 08:50 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2016 07:01 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/6434 |
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