• DOI:10.1177/0032321716683203
Corpus ID: 151382495

Democratic Institutions and Subjective Well-Being

@article{Altman2017DemocraticIA,
  title={Democratic Institutions and Subjective Well-Being},
  author={David Altman and P. Flavin and Benjamin Radcliff},
  journal={Political Studies},
  year={2017},
  volume={65},
  pages={685 - 704}
}

David Altman, P. Flavin, Benjamin Radcliff

Published 2017

Psychology

Political Studies

We examine how differences in how democracy is institutionalized affect life satisfaction across nations. To our knowledge, this is the first rigorous, systematic study of this subject. Using data for 21 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries from 1981 to 2008, we find robust evidence that citizens report living more satisfying lives in countries with a parliamentary (rather than presidential) executive, a proportional representation electoral system (as opposed… CONTINUE READING

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