作者: Bahadir Dursun , Resul Cesur
DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2740048
关键词: Subjective well-being 、 Economics 、 Social psychology 、 Counterintuitive 、 Life domain 、 Demographic economics 、 Happiness 、 Endogeneity 、 Well-being 、 Primary schooling
摘要: This is the first article examining the causal impact of mandatory extended primary schooling on happiness (sense of well-being) of young adults. We rely on a law change that raised compulsory schooling from 5 to 8 years in Turkey to address the endogeneity of education to happiness. Our study shows that, for females, earning at least a middle school diploma increases the likelihood of being happy and the probability of being satisfied with various life domains. Descriptive tests suggest that being hopeful about one's own future well-being …