Political participation and life satisfaction: a cross‐European analysis
Political participation and life satisfaction: a cross‐European analysis
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政治参与和生活满意度：跨欧洲分析
DOI：
10.1108/03068291011062489
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
T. Lange
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文献类型：
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作者：
G. Pacheco;T. Lange
目的-本文的目的是建立政治参与和生活满意度之间的联系模型，同时纠正这种关系的内生性质;探索不同政治参与强度的影响，并旨在揭示这种关系是否按性别显示不同的模式。设计/方法/方式-数据来源于2006/2007年欧洲社会调查。该分析涵盖了20个欧洲国家的汇总数据集。三种替代的经验框架进行了试验：有序概率回归，线性回归模型和两步，同时治疗效果模型，以解决endoadenoma的关注。结果-通过两步，同时治疗回归，政治参与，特别是强有力的政治参与后，内分泌校正显示出强大的，统计上显着的，强大的和积极的影响生活满意度。据推断，实际的政治参与，而不仅仅是参与政治进程的权利，是程序效用的一个来源。研究限制/影响-横截面性质的数据施加设计限制，检查随着时间的推移的趋势和变化。因此，分析不能依赖固定效应估计来控制时不变因素。独创性/价值--一旦对结果进行内生性修正，实证结果表明，实际政治参与对生活满意度的影响不仅很重要，而且随着政治参与强度的增强，它的影响也更加重要。即使在控制了大量社会人口特征的情况下，研究结果也是正确的。对于关心民主社会中人们幸福的研究人员和政策制定者来说，这些都是重要的结果。
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to model the link between political participation and life satisfaction whilst correcting for the endogenous nature of the relationship; explore the impact of different strengths of political participation and aim to uncover if the relationship displays different patterns by gender. Design/methodology/approach - The data originate from the 2006/2007 European Social Survey. The analysis spanned across a pooled data set for 20 European countries. Three alternative empirical frameworks were trialled: an ordered probit regression, a linear regression model and a two-step, simultaneous treatment effect model to address endogeneity concerns. Findings - Following the correction for endogeneity via two-step, simultaneous treatment regressions, political participation – and specifically strong political engagement – displays a robust, statistically significant, strong and positive impact on life satisfaction. It was deduced that actual political participation, and not merely the right to participate in the political process, is a source of procedural utility. Research limitations/implications - The cross-sectional nature of the data imposes design limitations to examining trends and changes over time. It follows that the analysis cannot rely on fixed-effect estimations to control for time-invariant factors. Originality/value - Once the results are corrected for endogeneity, the empirical results reveal that the effect of actual political participation on life satisfaction not only matters, but also as the strength of political engagement grows it matters even more. Findings hold true even when a multitude of socio-demographic characteristics are controlled for. These are important results for researchers and policy makers who are concerned about the happiness of people in democratic societies.
影响因子：
1
作者：
MCKELVEY, RD;ZAVOINA, W
通讯作者：
ZAVOINA, W