<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Subjective well-being (SWB) has been positively correlated with political activity, however the causality of the effect remains debated. By estimating within-individual effects, I show that SWB decreases protest intentions, while its effect on voting is not significant. Despite the mutual influence between SWB and protest, the results suggest that the influence of SWB on protesting is stronger than the reverse effect, thereby setting an agenda for future research in this domain.</p></abstract>

Subjective well-being (SWB) has been positively correlated with political activity, however the causality of the effect remains debated. By estimating within-individual effects, I show that SWB decreases protest intentions, while its effect on voting is not significant. Despite the mutual influence between SWB and protest, the results suggest that the influence of SWB on protesting is stronger than the reverse effect, thereby setting an agenda for future research in this domain.

Does Subjective Well-Being Affect Political Participation?

Life Course and Inequality Research Centre (LINES)

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Subjective well-being (SWB) has been positively correlated with political activity, however the causality of the effect remains debated. By estimating...

Does Subjective Well-Being Affect Political Participation?

Published Online: Nov 26, 2020

Page range: 467 - 488

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0023

Keywords
political participation, political protest, subjective well-being, fixed effects, causality

© 2020 Annika Lindholm, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Does Subjective Well-Being Affect Political Participation?

Published Online: Nov 26, 2020

Page range: 467 - 488

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2020-0023

Keywordspolitical participation, political protest, subjective well-being, fixed effects, causality

© 2020 Annika Lindholm, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
political participation, political protest, subjective well-being, fixed effects, causality