Analysis Of Subjective Well-being Research Articles

Professional Productivity and Subjective Well-Being

Despite аn extensive research on subjective well-being conducted over the past decades, there remains uncertainty about whether happier workers are actually more productive. The aim of the study was to analyze the causal relationships between subjective well-being and job performance using employees of leading Russian universities as a case study. The article presents the analysis of subjective well-being of scientific-pedagogical employees in modern universities and indicators of their performance based on empirical research materials. The construct of subjective well-being assessment was based on the existing theoretical models by E. Diener, D. Kahneman, R. Inglehardt. The research program included the assessment of indicators of general perception of happiness, productivity, life satisfaction, job satisfaction indicators by questionnaire survey. For the validity of measurements, the research tools included proven methods and scales: Cantril's Self-Anchoring Scale, questions from studies of subjective well-being and quality of life in the European Social Survey (ESS), WCIOM surveys. In this study, statistical methods such as correlation analysis, Pearson's Chi-square test of agreement, and least squares regression analysis (LSR) were used to analyze the relationships between the level of subjective well-being and the level of scientific productivity. The results of the present study statistically proved a significant positive correlation between the level of subjective well-being and scientific productivity of higher education employees. These data are a signal to revise the views on faculty motivation towards the formation of effective social responsibility, which includes, among other things, the development and implementation of programmes to improve the well-being of their staff.

Health: bioecological analysis of subjective well-being in teaching

Reflect on the concepts that go through the history of people with disabilities, in the context of their rights, as the processes involving their education is an emerging theme. The objective of this work was to understand the conceptions about health of university professors based on the Bioecological Theory of Human development. This is an exploratory case study research with a mixed approach carried out with professors from a public university in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The method of data collection was the interview and the self-administered questionnaire. 73 professors and 6 interview participants from different fields of knowledge, selected at random participated answering to the questionnaire. It was observed that the systems that constitute the organizational basis of the participants' lives were similar and that their life stories, their culture, the media and the relationships they establish at work are factors that influence their conceptions about health and about the relationship established with people with disabilities in Higher Education. The participants' conception of health, however, still runs through the biomedical model, but has been undergoing a progressive change. It is concluded that the conceptions about health are linked to life history, when then one starts to subjectivity. Combined with the contextual issues of a particular place, the concept of health has been progressively detaching itself from the concept of disease.

An Analysis of Subjective Well-being among the Villagers of Kuhdasht County

مطالعه و سنجش رفاه اجتماعی به منظور پایش و اصلاح سیاست‌ها و برنامه‌های رفاه و تأمین اجتماعی به ویژه در سکونتگاه‌های روستایی که با چالش‌ها و مشکلات متعددی مواجه هستند، ضرورتی انکار‌ناپذیر است. هدف این پژوهش، ارزیابی و تعیین سطح رفاه‌ذهنی سرپرستان خانوارها و عوامل موثر بر آن در سکونتگاه‌های روستایی شهرستان کوهدشت می‌باشد. روش تحقیق توصیفی- تحلیلی و مبتنی بر نظریات اینگلهارت و استرلین و بهره‌گیری از ابزار پرسشنامه می‌باشد. نمونه مورد مطالعه با استفاده از فرمول کوکران و روش نمونه‌گیری طبقه‌ای با انتساب متناسب به تعداد 374 نفر انتخاب شد. بر اساس یافته‌های تحقیق، سطح رفاه‌ذهنی 70 درصد سرپرستان خانوارها در حد متوسط و پایین‌تر می‌باشد و اغلب شاخص‌های رفاه ذهنی شامل «احساس‌سلامت»، «خوشبختی و شادکامی»، «امید به آینده» و «اعتماد‌اجتماعی» دارای وضعیت نامطلوب می‌باشند. تحلیل‌های آماری نشان‌داد متغیرهای‌فردی(جنسیت، سن)، متغیرهای‌جمعیتی(بعد خانوار، تعداد افراد شاغل در خانواده) و متغیرهای‌اقتصادی( نوع شغل سرپرست خانوار، وضعیت مالکیت اراضی) دارای تاثیر معناداری بر سطح رفاه‌ذهنی سرپرستان خانوارها در سکونت‌گاه‌های روستایی شهرستان کوهدشت می باشند. لذا بهبود رفاه اجتماعی در نواحی روستایی، نیازمند بازنگری سیاست های گذشته و تطابق برنامه ها با نیازها و انتظارات جوامع روستایی می باشد.

Structuralizing and Analysis of Subjective Well-being

Structuralizing and Analysis of Subjective Well-being

Gender markers in the space of a Russian university and their role in assessing the quality students’ life (on the example of regional universities)

The article is devoted to the analysis of subjective well-being which is concerned as a constituent element of the integral concept of the quality of life. Theoretical conclusions of the study are based on empirical data from sociological research. The study focuses on Russian students and their well-being in Russian educational environment. The authors examine the influence of gender aspects on the students’ comfort level. Gender markers which function in business and personal communication at the university are investigated in vertical and horizontal cross-sections. Some peculiarities in the assessments given by Russian students on the subject of gender-sensitive social practices are noted. The main factors that determine the assessment of gender markers presence at the university are revealed. The lack of formed gender competence among Russian students is also revealed. The influence of gender markers on student satisfaction with studying process at the university is determined.

Mobility and urban quality of life: a comparison of the hedonic pricing and subjective well-being methods

ABSTRACT There is no consensus about the relation between urban scale and quality of life. Quality of life in Oslo and the rest of Norway is compared using two commonly employed methods to measure geographical variation in quality of life: hedonic pricing based on the Rosen–Roback model and analysis of subjective well-being. Since the hedonic pricing approach assumes that households are perfectly mobile, the population is divided into mobility quartiles. The methods arrive at the same conclusion for the most mobile population group – quality of life is higher in Oslo – but different conclusions are reached for other mobility groups.

Employment Vulnerability, Wages, and Subjective Well-Being in Kyrgyzstan

This research examined the impact of employment vulnerability on wages and subjective well-being in Kyrgyzstan with special reference to gender-based differences. Analyses were based on panel data for 2010-2013 and 2016 from the “Life in Kyrgyzstan” household survey. A panel data fixed-effects model with Instrumental Variable within the Lewbel (2012) method was applied to estimate an earnings equation. Results of estimations of both earnings and of subjective well-being indicated increased employment vulnerability. Employment in vulnerable jobs was not compensated at a higher rate. Analysis of subjective well-being by quintile groups of earnings showed that, for both men and women, women’s employment vulnerability was most evident in groups with the lowest earnings. Women experienced this negative effect more severely. Given these empirical findings, government labour-market policy should not focus on increasing employment alone but should also address the issue of vulnerability of employment, improvement of working conditions, and expanding the employment of women.

Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next?

There has been explosive growth in the analysis of subjective well‐being in Economics over the past 40 years. This article reviews some of this growth, and suggests a number of domains in which future research may proceed.

Subjective Well-Being and Public Policy

Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily detectable in observable behavior. By referring to the recent well-being literature, we provide a selection of determinants of well-being that are important for public policy and show how the analysis of subjective well-being is applied as a complementary analytical tool for policy evaluation. We highlight the use of these measures for guiding public policy in areas that might involve suboptimal behavior. We also discuss some challenges for future research that are associated with the choice of evaluation metrics, the role of aspiration and adaption in evaluations, and utility misprediction.

Provision of Public Services for Overall Well-being in the Municipality

The aim of the paper is to present analysis of subjective well-being regarding municipality provided public services and its impact on overall well-being using the approved methodology.
 The main findings are as follow: in order to provide public services that meet the needs of the public, municipalities should involve the community in the decision-making process. Research into subjective well- being carried out in Salaspils municipality showed that well-being is directly affected by public services provided in the municipality.

Comparative analysis of subjective well-being of Latvia's inhabitants in the context of economic development of European countries

In the world, during the past 10 years, when evaluating development of a particular area, there has been a tendency of taking into consideration subjective evaluation and attitude to the living conditions of inhabitants living in this area. More often these indicators are the general life satisfaction and feeling of happiness. Analysing Latvia's place in these ratings, it is possible to conclude that inhabitants of Latvia are very pessimistic in assessing their lives in this country. As surveys indicate, the economic factors have an important influence on people's subjective satisfaction. The problem of the research is that during the last two years, there has been a tendency to improvement of the economic indicators in all three Baltic States, but when comparing the closest neighbours, the Latvian inhabitants' subjective satisfaction with life is decreasing, but in Lithuania and Estonia it is increasing together with improvement of the economic situation. In this article the author suggests her own vision of the situation in relation to the arrangement of countries according to subjective indicators analysing the influence of objective socio-economic factors on subjective opinions about living conditions of the inhabitants living in Latvia and neighbouring countries.

대학 경호학과 학생의 대학생활 적응이 주관적 행복감에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study is to analysis of subjective well-being in the affects university life adaptation of department security programs in university. The subjects in this study were randomly sampled in Kyeong gi do in areas and 332 of department security programs student in university were finally selected. Analyses made by SPSS 17.0 have been applied to following outcomes. The findings of the study were as follows: First, The external situation and psychological physical which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in life satisfaction appeared with positive effects. The qualitative of education which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in life satisfaction appeared with negative effects. Second, The external situation and psychological physical which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in negative emotion appeared with positive effects. The qualitative of education which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in negative emotion appeared with negative effects. Third, The psychological physical which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in positive emotion appeared with positive effects. Fourth, The external situation and psychological physical which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in happy appeared with positive effects. The university study of education which is a university life adaptation lower part variable in happy appeared with negative effects.

Analysis of subjective wellbeing in low-income transitional countries: evidence from comparative national surveys in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

Drawing on the comparative household surveys, this article examines subjective wellbeing in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, three low-income transitional countries located on the Caucasus. We found that economic factors explain a considerable part of the variation in subjective wellbeing. The results are significant and robust across all countries. Having a higher level of household income, university education and a larger number of people in household along with salary as a major income source positively affect subjective wellbeing. On the contrary, being unemployed or a migrant along with having social transfers as a major source of income negatively affect subjective wellbeing. Besides, subjective wellbeing is strongly associated with disagreement with the current direction of countries' development and withdrawal from discussing policy. We argue that analysis of subjective wellbeing can be used to enrich and validate the process of poverty analysis in the countries of the region.

Happiness: The Economic Analysis (German)

In economics there is presently an almost revolutionary development. The direct measurement of subjective welfare challenges traditional economics, inspires it, and opens new avenues for scientific research. The approaches and possibilities of an economic analysis of happiness are shown and illustrated with two specific applications. The relationship between income and life satisfaction is strongly shaped by the aspiration level serving to evaluate life conditions. The aspiration levels are formed by social comparisons and adaptation processes. The Life Satisfaction Approach is a new method to capture the value of public goods. The short discussion of governmental „happiness policy“ from a constitutional viewpoint suggests a comparative institutional analysis of subjective well-being. The happiness revolution in economics is only at its beginning. More insights concerning institutions allowing people to pursue their own conception of a good life are to be expected.

The Influence of Abnormal Sex Differences in Life Expectancy on National Happiness

Countries with better health, as indexed by life expectancy, score higher on subjective well-being (SWB). It was predicted that deviations from the average sex difference in life expectancy (reflecting reproductive competition among males and discrimination against females) would be inversely related to happiness. Regression analysis of SWB for 178 countries found that deviations from the average sex difference in life expectancy were predictive of unhappiness controlling for life expectancy, national wealth, and income inequality. Countries with a relative scarcity of female children (used as an index of parental bias) were less happy. Societies in which there is an undue burden on the health and survival of either sex are thus unhappy ones due to gender-specific disadvantage and associated gender conflict.