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Infectious happiness in heterogeneous social networks: evidence from rural China

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  • Hang Fang

    (Anhui Agricultural University)

  • Ting Yu

    (Anhui Agricultural University)

  • Michael S Delgado

    (Purdue University)

  • Qianheng Qian

    (China Agricultural University)

Abstract

We investigate infectious effects in happiness using a novel panel of data from a village in China. We construct a complete and heterogeneous social network that includes all households, and use spatial econometric models to estimate the infectious effect. We find that both infectious and contextual effects within social networks are significant for household happiness. Household happiness is not positively influenced by the happiness of the household's closest family, but rather by others from the social network who are not particularly close to the household. We also provide evidence for envy effects between the closest families.

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  • Hang Fang & Ting Yu & Michael S Delgado & Qianheng Qian, 2024. "Infectious happiness in heterogeneous social networks: evidence from rural China," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 44(3), pages 1188-1195.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-24-00359
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    Keywords

    Happiness; Infectious Effects; Social Network; China;
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    JEL classification:

    • D9 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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