Government Size and Happiness Inequality: A Threshold Panel Approach

Zare, Ebrahim; Ebrahimi, Mehrzad; Aminifard, Abbas; Zare, Hashem

doi:10.22099/ijes.2020.35323.1621

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Department of Economics, College of Economics and Management, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22099/ijes.2020.35323.1621

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between government size and happiness inequality in a number of developing and developed countries during the period of 2002-2015 by threshold panel approach. To obtain robust results, we have applied the model in the Iran’s economy by time series data during the period of 1974-2016. The results in developing countries showed that in small governments, the government size had a diminutive effect on the inequality of happiness, but by passing the threshold and increasing the government's involvement in the economy, this variable had no significant effect on the happiness inequality. The same time series results were obtained for Iran’s economy, which has a small government size. In this group, the government size has a significant negative impact on happiness inequality and after that, it has a significant positive impact on happiness inequality. Developed countries showed completely different results, whereby the size of the government had a significant positive impact on inequality in small governments but in large governments, it did not have a significant effect on the inequality of happiness.

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Article Title [Persian]

اندازه دولت و نابرابری شادی: رویکرد پانل آستانه ای

Authors [Persian]

ابراهیم زارع
مهرزاد ابراهیمی
عباس امینی فرد
هاشم زارع

گروه اقتصاد، دانشکده اقتصاد و مدیریت، واحد شیراز، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، شیراز، ایران.

Abstract [Persian]

هدف از این مطالعه بررسی رابطه بین اندازه دولت و نابرابری شادی در تعدادی از کشورهای در حال توسعه و توسعه یافته در دوره 2015-2002 با رویکرد پانل آستانه است. همچنین ، برای بررسی بیشتر و به دست آوردن نتایج مستحکم، ما از مدل سری زمانی آستانه‌ای برای اقتصاد ایران در دوره زمانی 1395-1353 استفاده کرده ایم. نتایج در کشورهای در حال توسعه نشان داد که در رژیم کوچک دولت ، اندازه دولت تأثیر کاهشی بر نابرابری شادی می گذارد ، اما با عبور از آستانه و افزایش دخالت دولت در اقتصاد ، این متغیر تأثیر معنی داری بر نابرابری شادی ندارد . نتایج مشابهی برای سری زمانی اقتصاد ایران نیز بدست آمده است بطوریکه در رژیم دولت کوچک، اندازه دولت تأثیر منفی و معنی داری بر نابرابری شادی داشته و پس از آن ، تأثیر مثبت و معنی داری بر نابرابری شادی برجای گذاشته است. کشورهای توسعه یافته نتایج کاملاً متفاوتی را نشان دادند که به موجب آن اندازه دولت تأثیر مثبت و معنی داری بر نابرابری شادی در رژیم دولت کوچک داشته اما در رژیم دولت بزرگ، تأثیر معنی داری بر نابرابری شادی نداشته است.

Keywords [Persian]

اندازه دولت
نابرابری شادی
کشورهای در حال توسعه
کشورهای توسعه یافته
رویکرد آستانه ای

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Iranian Journal of Economic Studies

Government Size and Happiness Inequality: A Threshold Panel Approach

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Volume 8, Issue 2
December 2019
Pages 421-439

Government Size and Happiness Inequality: A Threshold Panel Approach

References

References

Volume 8, Issue 2December 2019Pages 421-439

Volume 8, Issue 2
December 2019
Pages 421-439