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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial ProgressBetsey StevensonUniversity of Michigan Justin WolfersUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics; The Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan; The Brookings Institution; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); Kiel Institute for the World Economy July 16, 2010 5th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper Abstract: Subjective well-being data reveal that blacks are less happy than are whites. However, much of this racial gap in happiness has closed over the past 35 years. We investigate measures of subjective well-being that indicate that the well-being of blacks has increased both absolutely and relative to whites. These changes in well-being are found across various datasets and measures of subjective well-being. However the gains in happiness are concentrated among prime-age women and those living in the south. While the opportunities and achievements of blacks have improved over this period, the happiness gains far exceed that which can be attributed to these objective improvements
Number of Pages in PDF File: 37 Keywords: Subjective Well-Being, Life Satisfaction, Happiness, Race, Civil Rights, Discrimination JEL Classification: D6, I32, J1, J7, K1 working papers seriesDate posted: July 17, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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