Ramani Gunatilaka
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2148693 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ramani Gunatilaka |
| NOMBRES | Ramani |
| APELLIDO | Gunatilaka |
| FIRMA | GUNATILAKA R |
| AFILIACIONES | Monash University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 124 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
The Quality of Society and Happiness
Adam Smith argued that ‘moral sentiments’ – the norms, customs and conventions of society - provide a benefit, improving both economic efficiency and well-being. Three important moral sentiments are a perception of fairness, a willingness to trust people, and a sense of community. We analyse representative national socioeconomic surveys of the China Household Income Project (CHIP), containing information that is used to create scores of happiness…
The Puzzle of Falling Happiness despite Rising Income in Rural China
With economic development can come social and cultural change, for good or ill or both. We pose an unexplored question: why has happiness fallen in rural China whereas rural income has risen rapidly? Two rich data sets are analyzed. Our main methods are happiness regressions and decomposition methodology. Several approaches are adopted, and no fewer than 11 hypotheses are tested. One approach is to examine the variables that are found to be impor…
Is Happiness Infectious
The paper uses an appropriate survey from rural China to answer the question: is happiness infectious, i.e. does the happiness of an individual depend positively on the happiness of his or her reference group? The evidence is consistent with this hypothesis, but the challenge is to solve the ‘reflection problem’, i.e. is the apparent effect of neighbours’ happiness on own happiness a causal one or merely a reflection? A ‘quasi‐panel’ approach is …
Does Economic Growth Raise Happiness in China?
Various measures of satisfaction with life or happiness in China appear not to have risen in recent years, despite China's remarkable growth of income per capita. The paper brings together and integrates the results of four papers by the authors to provide a methodologically and substantively innovative explanation for this paradox. The four papers are based on a cross-section national household survey relating to 2002 and containing questions on…
The Rural–Urban Divide in China
The paper presents subjective well-being functions for urban and rural China, based on a national household survey for 2002. Whereas the vast income disparity between urban and rural households is confirmed, it is found that, remarkably, rural households report higher subjective well-being than do their richer urban counterparts. A decomposition analysis explores the reasons for this reversal. It finds that there are many determinants of happines…
Subjective well-being and its determinants in rural China
Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-being of Rural–Urban Migrants in China
Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-being of Rural–Urban Migrants in China
Is Happiness Infectious
The paper uses an appropriate survey from rural China to answer the question: is happiness infectious, i.e. does the happiness of an individual depend positively on the happiness of his or her reference group? The evidence is consistent with this hypothesis, but the challenge is to solve the ‘reflection problem’, i.e. is the apparent effect of neighbours’ happiness on own happiness a causal one or merely a reflection? A ‘quasi‐panel’ approach is …
The Puzzle of Falling Happiness despite Rising Income in Rural China
With economic development can come social and cultural change, for good or ill or both. We pose an unexplored question: why has happiness fallen in rural China whereas rural income has risen rapidly? Two rich data sets are analyzed. Our main methods are happiness regressions and decomposition methodology. Several approaches are adopted, and no fewer than 11 hypotheses are tested. One approach is to examine the variables that are found to be impor…
Subjective well-being and its determinants in rural China
Great Expectations? The Subjective Well-being of Rural–Urban Migrants in China
The Rural–Urban Divide in China
The paper presents subjective well-being functions for urban and rural China, based on a national household survey for 2002. Whereas the vast income disparity between urban and rural households is confirmed, it is found that, remarkably, rural households report higher subjective well-being than do their richer urban counterparts. A decomposition analysis explores the reasons for this reversal. It finds that there are many determinants of happines…
Does Economic Growth Raise Happiness in China?
Various measures of satisfaction with life or happiness in China appear not to have risen in recent years, despite China's remarkable growth of income per capita. The paper brings together and integrates the results of four papers by the authors to provide a methodologically and substantively innovative explanation for this paradox. The four papers are based on a cross-section national household survey relating to 2002 and containing questions on…
Is Happiness Infectious
The paper uses an appropriate survey from rural China to answer the question: is happiness infectious, i.e. does the happiness of an individual depend positively on the happiness of his or her reference group? The evidence is consistent with this hypothesis, but the challenge is to solve the ‘reflection problem’, i.e. is the apparent effect of neighbours’ happiness on own happiness a causal one or merely a reflection? A ‘quasi‐panel’ approach is …
The Puzzle of Falling Happiness despite Rising Income in Rural China
With economic development can come social and cultural change, for good or ill or both. We pose an unexplored question: why has happiness fallen in rural China whereas rural income has risen rapidly? Two rich data sets are analyzed. Our main methods are happiness regressions and decomposition methodology. Several approaches are adopted, and no fewer than 11 hypotheses are tested. One approach is to examine the variables that are found to be impor…
The Quality of Society and Happiness
Adam Smith argued that ‘moral sentiments’ – the norms, customs and conventions of society - provide a benefit, improving both economic efficiency and well-being. Three important moral sentiments are a perception of fairness, a willingness to trust people, and a sense of community. We analyse representative national socioeconomic surveys of the China Household Income Project (CHIP), containing information that is used to create scores of happiness…
Happiness (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (7 obras) · China (6 obras) · Economics (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Demographic economics (5 obras) · Life satisfaction (4 obras) · Subjective well-being (4 obras)