Abstract
This paper investigates ten Asian nations to consider how socio-economic values affect happiness and satisfaction. Moreover,
it considers whether economic factors can strongly affect wellbeing under certain conditions. Males in Asia are said they
have more opportunities to obtain higher happiness and satisfaction but it does not happen in the current study. Unemployment
has negative and significant impact with regard to happiness and satisfaction in developing countries yet it does not have
the same effect in developed nations. It is believed cultural value positively affects happiness and satisfaction in East
Asia but the result in the models is different with no clear relationship between this variable and wellbeing. Furthermore,
some people declare that a relative increase of income compared to the lowest group will lead them to lower life satisfaction.
it considers whether economic factors can strongly affect wellbeing under certain conditions. Males in Asia are said they
have more opportunities to obtain higher happiness and satisfaction but it does not happen in the current study. Unemployment
has negative and significant impact with regard to happiness and satisfaction in developing countries yet it does not have
the same effect in developed nations. It is believed cultural value positively affects happiness and satisfaction in East
Asia but the result in the models is different with no clear relationship between this variable and wellbeing. Furthermore,
some people declare that a relative increase of income compared to the lowest group will lead them to lower life satisfaction.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-20
- DOI 10.1007/s11205-012-0014-z
- Authors
- Nguyen Ngoc Trung, Department of Economics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 200-701, Republic of Korea
- Kimoon Cheong, Department of Economics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 200-701, Republic of Korea
- Pham Thanh Nghi, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Won Joong Kim, Department of Economics, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon-si, Gangwon-do 200-701, Republic of Korea
- Journal Social Indicators Research
- Online ISSN 1573-0921
- Print ISSN 0303-8300