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Culture and Happiness.
Dezhu Ye1, Yew-Kwang Ng2, Yujun Lian3
1Department of Finance, Research Institute of Finance, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Social Indicators Research
|August 25, 2015
Summary
Cultural factors significantly impact happiness. Power distance and gender egalitarianism are key predictors of subjective well-being (SWB), surpassing traditional economic and demographic variables in influence.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Psychology
- Cross-cultural Studies
Background:
- Happiness and subjective well-being (SWB) are influenced by various factors.
- Cross-country differences in SWB suggest a role for cultural variables.
- Existing research often focuses on economic and demographic predictors of happiness.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the predictive power of cultural factors on cross-country differences in happiness.
- To explore how different dimensions of cultural indices affect SWB.
- To determine the relative importance of cultural dimensions compared to traditional variables.
Main Methods:
- Utilized the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) nine cultural indices.
- Employed regression analysis to assess the relationship between cultural indices and SWB.
- Analyzed the contribution of each variable to the R-squared of the regression model.
Main Results:
- All nine GLOBE cultural indices were significantly related to happiness.
- Power distance (PDI) and gender egalitarianism (GEI) emerged as the most significant and stable predictors of SWB.
- PDI accounted for 50% of the R-squared, while GEI contributed 37.1%, substantially exceeding other variables.
Conclusions:
- Cultural dimensions, particularly PDI and GEI, are crucial determinants of cross-country variations in happiness.
- These cultural factors possess greater explanatory power for SWB than traditional variables like income and population density.
- Findings remain robust across different datasets for culture and SWB.
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