“Does loneliness make money more important?”（12/1）
Abstract
In this seminar we check whether social capital changes the association of subjective well-being with own income and social comparisons.
We use panel data from Germany and publicly available data from three international surveys, for a total of nearly 500,000 respondents from industrial countries.
Results show that the association of own income and social comparisons to subjective well-being weakens for individuals with high social capital.
This finding holds in a variety of settings, and is robust to various measures of subjective well-being, of social capital, and of social comparisons.
We also find evidence indicating that the role of social capital is, at least in part, causal.
Finally, our findings support the macro-level implication that income differences are less related to subjective well-being differences in countries with high social capital.
Speaker
Stefano BARTOLINI（Professor, School of Economics and Management, University of Siena）
Bio：
Stefano Bartolini is a professor of Economics of Happiness and of Political Economy at the University of Siena.
He authored articles published on prestigious academic reviews and popular science essays, including the Manifesto for Happiness – published in 5 languages (including Japanese).
He collaborated with the Oecd, the World Bank and the International Panel on Social Progress.
His research interests revolve around the relationship between economic growth and social capital, subjective well-being, the natural environment. His research is strongly oriented towards identifying policies capable of reconciling a better quality of the environment, human relationships and well-being with economic prosperity.
More information on: https://docenti-deps.unisi.it/stefanobartolini/english/
Date & Time
Friday, December 1, 2023 15:30-17:00
Venue
Room 804, Bldg. #14, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Language
English
Prospected Audiences
Students, Faculty members, Research members, General participants
Co-Organizers
Research Institute for Environmental Economics and Management (RIEEM)
Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS)
Institute for Advanced Social Sciences at Waseda University (IASS)
