Elsevier

Economics Letters

Volume 135, October 2015, Pages 100-103
Economics Letters

Happiness, taxes and social provision: A note

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Highlights

  • The effects of the ratio between taxes and social provision on population well-being for ten European countries.

  • We use a panel cointegration analysis.

  • We control for the 2008 financial crisis.

Abstract

This paper has analyzed the effects of the ratio between taxes and social provision on population well-being for ten European countries. The linkages between what citizens would expect in return of the taxes paid and their well-being have clearly become stronger after the crisis and it should be taken into account in the debate on public policies and how these translates in population well-being.

JEL classification

C22
D60
I31
O10

Keywords

Happiness
Panel cointegration
Social provision

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