RT Journal Article
T1 Do Public Policies Influence the Happiness of European Citizens?
A1 Urrestarazu Capellán, Ricardo
A1 Sánchez-Cubo, Francisco
K1 Felicidad - Aspectos económicos
K1 Bienestar social
AB Subjective happiness has become a social indicator determining citizens' social and personal well-being. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the socioeconomic variables that may affect it and discuss their role in the public policy agenda. This indicator is usually used, among other issues, to determine the degree of citizen satisfaction with public policies, which in this work has been based on knowledge of subjective happiness from the processing of data through descriptive and inferential analyses of a sample of the European population obtained from the European Social Survey. These analyses conclude that factors such as family income, health, social and family relationships, and the ability to plan one's future and expectations of future development impact subjective happiness. All these factors are susceptible to being determined by public policies, and their promotion can serve as an incentive to strengthen the legitimacy of public institutions and shape a balanced and happy democratic society.
PB Wiley
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40558
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40558
LA eng
NO Urrestarazu‐Capellán, R., & Sánchez‐Cubo, F. (2025). Socio‐Economic Variables That Influence Subjective Happiness. Should They Be on the Public Policy Agenda? Social Policy & Administration. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.13158
NO https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk/id/publication/7171
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026