International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life

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1 International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life Chair of the Editorial Board Graciela Tonon, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora and Universidad de Palermo, Argentina Editorial Board Alex Michalos, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Rhonda Phillips, Purdue University, USA Don Rahtz, College of William & Mary, USA Dave Webb, University of Western Australia, Australia Wolfgang Glatzer, Goethe University, Germany Dong Jin Lee, Yonsei University, Korea Laura Camfield, University of East Anglia, UK

2 Aims and Scope The International Handbooks of Quality of Life Research offer extensive bibliographic resources. They present literature reviews of the many sub-disciplines and areas of study within the growing field of quality of life research. Handbooks in the series focus on capturing and reviewing the quality of life research literature in specific life domains, on specific populations, or in relation to specific disciplines or sectors of industry. In addition, the Handbooks cover measures of quality of life and well-being, providing annotated bibliographies of well-established measures, methods, and scales. More information about this series at

3 Mariano Rojas Editor Handbook of Happiness Research in Latin America

4 Editor Mariano Rojas FLACSO-Mexico and UPAEP Mexico City, Mexico International Handbooks of Quality-of-Life ISBN ISBN (ebook) DOI / Library of Congress Control Number: Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Dordrecht is part of Springer Science+Business Media (

5 Contents 1 Happiness, Research, and Latin America... 1 Mariano Rojas Part I The Relevance of Latin American Happiness 2 The Singularity of Latin American Patterns of Happiness Pablo Beytía 3 The Social Psychology of Latin American Happiness Jorge Yamamoto 4 The Relevance of Happiness: Choosing Between Development Paths in Latin America Mariano Rojas 5 Trends and Challenges for the Research of Happiness in Latin America Emilio Moyano Díaz Part II Human Relations and Happiness in Latin America 6 The Importance of Relational Goods for Happiness: Evidence from Manizales, Colombia Liliana Velásquez 7 Like the Zompopito : Social Relationships in Happiness Among Rural and Indigenous Women in Nicaragua Jéssica Martínez Cruz and Haydeé Castillo Flores 8 Aging, Family Relations and Well-Being in Chile María Soledad Herrera, María Beatriz Fernández, and Carmen Barros v

6 vi Contents 9 Happiness and Social Capital: Evidence from Latin American Countries Francisco Moch on Morcillo and Rebeca de Juan Díaz 10 From the Individual to the Romantic Relationship: In Search of Happiness Rozzana Sánchez Arag on and Rolando Díaz Loving 11 The Role of Relational Goods in the Relationship Between Illnesses and Satisfaction in Latin America Mariano Rojas and Maikol Elizondo-Lara Part III Material Conditions and Happiness in Latin America 12 How the Economy Affects Happiness. Empirical Findings from Argentina Dardo Ferrer and Victoria Giarrizzo 13 Relative Income and Job Satisfaction in Chile Rodrigo Montero and Tomás Rau 14 Food-Deprivation and Subjective Well-Being in Latin America Jorge Guardiola and Mariano Rojas 15 Threats to Happiness: How Lower Middle Class Households Deal with Insecurity and Precariousness William Daniel Vera Rojas, Monica Budowski, and Christian Suter 16 Income, Sex, Pills and Relationships: An Empirical Study for Argentina Pablo Schiaffino and Martin Tetaz 17 Using Life Satisfaction Data to Identify Urban Problems, Prioritize Local Public Expenditures and Monitor the Quality of Urban Life Eduardo Lora Part IV Social Factors and Happiness in Latin America 18 Sociopolitical Dimensions of Subjective Wellbeing: The Case of Two Mexican Cities René Millán 19 Does Migration Cause Unhappiness or Does Unhappiness Cause Migration? Some Initial Evidence from Latin America Carol Graham

7 Contents vii 20 Socioeconomic Disparities in Subjective Well-being in Colombia David A. Hurtado 21 Individual and Social Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being: Evidence Across Latin-American Countries Victoria Ateca Amestoy, Teresa García-Muñoz, and Ana I. Moro Egido 22 Psychological and Social Determinants of Subjective Well-Being in Mexico: Poverty, Class Identification and Social Mobility Joaquina Palomar Lever and Amparo Victorio Estrada 23 Happiness Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean Néstor Gandelman 24 Does the Chilean Pension Model Influence Life Satisfaction? A Multilevel Longitudinal Analysis Esteban Calvo 25 Does Values Education Make a Difference on Well-Being? A Case Study of Primary Education in Chiapas Paola Cubas-Barragán 26 Happiness and Quality of Life in Mexico: Conceptual and Geographical Considerations José de Jesús García Vega Part V Health and Happiness in Latin America 27 The Determinants of Mental Health: Empirical Evidence from Chile Ramon Florenzano and Francisca Dussaillant 28 Pain, Emotions, and Social-Well-Being in Mexico Benjamín Domínguez Trejo, Gerardo Montero Ruvalcaba Palacios, and María L opez Lena 29 The Impact of Economic Growth on the Prevalence of Health Problems in Latin America Maikol Elizondo-Lara and Mariano Rojas Part VI The Importance of Subjective Well-Being Indicators 30 The Distance Between Perception and Reality in the Social Domains of Life Eduardo Lora

8 viii Contents 31 A Perceived Human Development Index Marcelo Neri 32 Life Satisfaction and Happiness in Mexico: Correlates and Redundancies Gerardo Leyva, Alfredo Bustos, and Ana Miriam Romo 33 The Usefulness of Subjective Well-Being to Predict Electoral Results in Latin America Iván Martínez Bravo Author Bios

9 Contributors Victoria Ateca Amestoy BETS-Dpto. Fundamentos del Análisis Econ omico II, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Bilbao, Spain Rozzana Sánchez Arag on Universidad Nacional Aut onoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico Carmen Barros Pontificia, Universidad Cat olica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Pablo Beytía Institute of Sociology, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Iván Martínez Bravo Imagina México: Laboratorio de Felicidad, Mexico City, Mexico Monica Budowski Division of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Alfredo Bustos Direcci on General Adjunta de Investigaci on, INEGI, Aguascalientes, Mexico Esteban Calvo Public Policy Institute, School of Business and Economics, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile Jéssica Martínez Cruz Universidad Centroamericana UCA, Managua, Nicaragua Paola Cubas-Barragán Sociología, Benemérita Universidad Aut onoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Emilio Moyano Díaz Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile Rebeca de Juan Díaz Universidad Nacional de Educaci on a Distancia, Madrid, Spain Francisca Dussaillant School of Government, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepci on, Chile Maikol Elizondo-Lara Astra Zeneca, FLACSO-México and UPAEP, Mexico City, Mexico Ana I. Moro Egido Dpto. Teoría e Historia Econ omica, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain ix

10 x Contributors Amparo Victorio Estrada Department of Psychology, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico María Beatriz Fernández Pontificia, Universidad Cat olica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Dardo Ferrer Center for Regional and Experimental Economics (CERX), Buenos Aires, Argentina Ramon Florenzano School of Psychology, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepci on, Chile Haydeé Castillo Flores Universidad Centroamericana UCA, Managua, Nicaragua Néstor Gandelman Department of Economics, Universidad ORT, Montevideo, Uruguay Teresa García-Muñoz Dpto. Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía yla Empresa, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain Victoria Giarrizzo Center for Regional and Experimental Economics (CERX), Buenos Aires, Argentina Carol Graham Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA Jorge Guardiola Department of Applied Economics, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain David A. Hurtado Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston María L opez Lena Universidad Nacional Aut onoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico Joaquina Palomar Lever Department of Psychology, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico Gerardo Leyva Direcci on General Adjunta de Investigaci on, INEGI, Aguascalientes, Mexico Eduardo Lora Center for International Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Rolando Díaz Loving Universidad Nacional Aut onoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico René Millán Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico Rodrigo Montero Departamento de Economía, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Regi on Metropolitana, Chile Francisco Moch on Morcillo Universidad Nacional de Educaci on a Distancia, Madrid, Spain

11 Contributors xi Marcelo Neri Center for Social Policies/Getulio Vargas Foundation (CPS/FGV) and EPGE/FGV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gerardo Montero Ruvalcaba Palacios Department of Nursing and Obstetrics, University of Guanajuato, Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, Guanajuato, México María Soledad Herrera Pontificia, Universidad Cat olica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Tomás Rau Instituto de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Cat olica de Chile, Santiago, Regi on Metropolitana, Chile Mariano Rojas FLACSO-México and UPAEP, Mexico City, Mexico Ana Miriam Romo Direcci on General Adjunta de Investigaci on, INEGI, Aguascalientes, Mexico Pablo Schiaffino Facultad de Ciencias Economicas, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina Christian Suter Department of Sociology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Departamento de Economia, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina Martin Tetaz CEDLAS, Univerisidad Nacional de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Benjamín Domínguez Trejo Graduated Studies and Research Division, National Autonomous University of Mexico, School of Psychology, México José de Jesús García Vega Department of Economics, Universidad de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Liliana Velásquez CRECE, Manizales, Colombia William Daniel Vera Rojas Division of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland Jorge Yamamoto Pontificia Universidad Cat olica del Perú, Lima, Peru