The Happy Farmer: Self-Employment and Subjective Well-Being in Rural Vietnam
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The Happy Farmer : Self-Employment and Subjective Well-Being in Rural Vietnam. / Markussen, Thomas; Fibæk, Maria; Tarp, Finn; Tuan, Nguyen Do Anh.
I: Journal of Happiness Studies, Bind 19, Nr. 6, 2017, s. 1613-36.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Happy Farmer
T2 - Self-Employment and Subjective Well-Being in Rural Vietnam
AU - Markussen, Thomas
AU - Fibæk, Maria
AU - Tarp, Finn
AU - Tuan, Nguyen Do Anh
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Using a unique survey data set this paper documents a positive effect of self-employment in farming on subjective well-being. This direct effect is only partly offset by negative, indirect effects working through income and other variables. These findings are interpreted as effects of self-employment in farming on perceived autonomy, competence and relatedness. The results suggest that economic transformation is associated with a psychological cost, which may contribute to explaining earnings gaps between sectors and types of employment. We also investigate other determinants of happiness, and for example find strong positive effects of own income and strong negative effects of neighbors’ income, suggesting the importance of relative rather than absolute levels of income.
AB - Using a unique survey data set this paper documents a positive effect of self-employment in farming on subjective well-being. This direct effect is only partly offset by negative, indirect effects working through income and other variables. These findings are interpreted as effects of self-employment in farming on perceived autonomy, competence and relatedness. The results suggest that economic transformation is associated with a psychological cost, which may contribute to explaining earnings gaps between sectors and types of employment. We also investigate other determinants of happiness, and for example find strong positive effects of own income and strong negative effects of neighbors’ income, suggesting the importance of relative rather than absolute levels of income.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - Happiness
KW - Self-employment
KW - Wage work
KW - Agriculture
KW - Vietnam
U2 - 10.1007/s10902-017-9899-1
DO - 10.1007/s10902-017-9899-1
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 1613
EP - 1636
JO - Journal of Happiness Studies
JF - Journal of Happiness Studies
SN - 1389-4978
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 173702024