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How Persistent Is Life Satisfaction? Evidence from European Immigration

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  • Berggren, Niclas

    (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

  • Bergh, Andreas

    (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

  • Bjørnskov, Christian

    (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

  • Tanaka, Shiori

    (Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering)

Abstract

This paper asks to what extent life satisfaction among immigrants remains similar to that in their country of origin and to what extent it adapts to that in their country of residence. We employ data from 29,000 immigrants in the European Social Survey to estimate the relative importance of these influences. We find evidence that the persistence of life satisfaction from the country of origin is strong for migrants from developed countries and close to zero for migrants from formerly communist countries. We also find that persistence for second-generation immigrants is similar but weaker than for their parents.

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  • Berggren, Niclas & Bergh, Andreas & Bjørnskov, Christian & Tanaka, Shiori, 2018. "How Persistent Is Life Satisfaction? Evidence from European Immigration," Working Paper Series 1206, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:iuiwop:1206
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    Keywords

    Life satisfaction; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Heritability; Culture; Immigration;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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