The Efficiency of Subjective Well-Being: A Key of Latin American Development

Beytía, Pablo (2018). 'The Efficiency of Subjective-Wellbeing. A Key of Latin American Development', in Masaheli, M, Bula, G. & Harrington S. E. Latin American Perspectives on Global Development. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

20 Pages Posted: 5 Oct 2017 Last revised: 23 Oct 2018

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Pablo Beytía

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sociology, Students; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Date Written: October 4, 2018

Abstract

This chapter compares the development of Latin American countries with that of traditionally developed nations, based on several international indicators of well-being and sustainability that have emerged in the last decade. It is argued that in Latin America there is a specific type of development, which could be understood as an alternative path to the traditional model of social progress. The key to understand this type of development would be "the efficiency of subjective well-being": people get high happiness and life satisfaction with lower economic, state and environmental costs than in traditionally developed countries. It is suggested that the cohesion and quality of family ties is a key factor to explain this particular form of development: in Latin America the family has a relevant role in social security and at the same time would be important to explain the outstanding levels of subjective well-being.

Keywords: development, social progress, Latin America, subjective well-being, happiness, life satisfaction, sustainable development

Suggested Citation

Beytía, Pablo and Beytía, Pablo, The Efficiency of Subjective Well-Being: A Key of Latin American Development (October 4, 2018). Beytía, Pablo (2018). 'The Efficiency of Subjective-Wellbeing. A Key of Latin American Development', in Masaheli, M, Bula, G. & Harrington S. E. Latin American Perspectives on Global Development. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3047766 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3047766

Pablo Beytía (Contact Author)

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin ( email )

Berlin, Región Metropolitana
Germany

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Sociology, Students ( email )

Berlin
Germany

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