Does Education Affect Happiness? Evidence for Spain

Autor/inn/en	Cunado, Juncal; de Gracia, Fernando Perez
Titel	Does Education Affect Happiness? Evidence for Spain
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 108 (2012) 1, S.185-196 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9874-x
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Income; Academic Achievement; Foreign Countries; Probability; Psychological Patterns; Educational Attainment; Correlation; Surveys; Employment; Socioeconomic Status; Self Esteem; Social Indicators; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Einkommen; Schulleistung; Ausland; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korrelation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Dienstverhältnis; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator; Spanien
Abstract	In this paper we study the impact of education on happiness in Spain using individual-level data from the European Social Survey, by means of estimating Ordinal Logit Models. We find both direct and indirect effects of education on happiness. First, we find an indirect effect of education on happiness through income and labour status. That is, we find that people with a higher education level have higher income levels and a higher probability of being employed, and thus, report higher levels of happiness. Second, and after controlling by income, labour status and other socio-economic variables, we find that education has a positive (and direct) impact on happiness. We interpret this result as evidence of a "self-confidence" or "self-estimation" effect from acquiring knowledge. Finally, we find that the direct impact of education on happiness does not depend of the level of education (primary, secondary or tertiary). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10