Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/294086 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE) [ISSN:] 2444-8834 [Volume:] 28 [Issue:] 2 [Article No.:] 100192 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-10
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
The goal of this research is to examine the effects of good management of local governments on individual subjective well-being (SWB). We define three dimensions of good governance at the municipal level: accountability, government efficiency and control of corruption. We use a large survey of individual welfare carried out in Spain in 2013 and 2018 and distinguish four potential drivers of SWB: socio-demographic factors, material conditions, quality of life and municipal governance. Individual QoL variables, such as social connections or health status are major drivers of SWB. To a lesser extent, the material conditions also have a significant impact. With respect to good governance, our results point to an immediate positive effect of government efficiency on individual SWB levels. In contrast, accountability, understood as transparency, does not seem to have a significant impact. Surprisingly, we find no immediate effect of corruption on reported SWB, but a very strong deferred impact.
Subjects: 
Good governance
Municipalities
Quality of life
Spain
Subjective well-being
JEL: 
H75
M41
I31
I38
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Document Type: 
Article

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