Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Conzo, Pierluigi
Author-Email: Pierluigi.conzo@unito.it
Author-Name: Aassve, Arnstein 
Author-Email: arnstein.aassve@unibocconi.it
Author-Name: Fuochi, Giulia 
Author-Email: giulia.fuochi@studenti.unipd.it
Author-Name: Mencarini, Letizia 
Author-Email: letizia.mencarini@unibocconi.it
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: The Cultural Foundations of Happiness.
Abstract: The paper provides a framework for how culture affects happiness. According to self-determination 
theory, well-being is driven by the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs: autonomy, relatedness and 
competence. We assess if, and to what extent, generalized trust and the values of obedience and respect influence
Europeans’ satisfaction of these needs, controlling for income and education. We find a positive and significant 
impact for generalized morality (high trust and respect, low obedience), which is robust to different checks for 
endogeneity, including instrumental variable regressions at country, regional and individual level and panel-data estimations.
Length: pages 43
Creation-Date: 2017-01
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2017dip/wp_2_2017.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:dipeco:201702