Cultural Change, Religion, Subjective Well-Being, and Democracy in Latin America

2009 ◽  
pp. 67-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
RONALD INGLEHART
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being

scholarly journals The Effect of the Acculturation of Chinese Immigrants on Tourist Satisfaction and Quality of Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1770
Author(s):  
Taeyoung Cho ◽  
Taesoo Cho ◽  
Hao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Chinese Immigrants ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Tourist Satisfaction

Given the rapidly increasing number of foreign nationals migrating to Korea, this study investigates the relationship between cultural adaptation, tourist satisfaction, and quality of life among Chinese immigrants in Korea. A questionnaire survey was conducted among 344 Chinese immigrants in Korea who visited Gyeongju, where Korean World Heritage sites and modern tourist facilities coexist. A structural equation model was used to verify the hypothesis and indicated that cultural assimilation and cultural separation had a significant effect on tourist satisfaction, whereas cultural integration and cultural change did not have any statistically significant effect on tourist satisfaction. Additionally, tourist satisfaction had a significant effect on quality of life (in terms of subjective well-being and psychological well-being). The results of this study can function as a reference for improving Chinese immigrants’ cultural adaptation, tourist satisfaction, and quality of life.

scholarly journals Another Brick on the Wall: On the Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosangela Bando ◽  
Sebastián Galiani ◽  
Paul Gertler
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Latin America ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Public Expenditures ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Pension Schemes ◽  
Standard Deviations

Public expenditures on non-contributory pensions are equivalent to at least 1 percent of GDP in several countries in Latin America and is expected to increase. We explore the effect of non-contributory pensions on the well-being of the beneficiary population by studying the "Pensiones Alimentarias" program established by law in Paraguay, which targets older adults living in poverty. Households with a beneficiary increased their level of consumption by 44 percent. The program improved subjective well-being in 0.48 standard deviations. These effects are consistent with the findings of Bando, Galiani and Gertler (2020) and Galiani, Gertler and Bando (2016) in their studies on the non-contributory pension schemes in Peru and Mexico. Thus, we conclude that the effects of non-contributory pensions on well-being in Paraguay are comparable to those found for Peru and Mexico and add to the construction of external validity.

scholarly journals Cultural Participation and Subjective Well-Being in Latin America: Does Ethnic-Racial Ascription Matter?

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 53-70
Author(s):  
Javier Reyes-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Ordered Logit ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Logit Regression ◽  
Positive Impacts

Cultural participation has been evidenced to bring several benefits to the well-being of individuals. However, the analysis of this relationship has been addressed mostly in the context of Westernized countries, without considering the diversity of populations in Latin America. Therefore, the aim of this manuscript is to explore the association between cultural participation and subjective well-being (measured by life satisfaction) in Latin America, considering ethnic-racial ascription. With data from the 2013 Latinobarómetro survey (n=20204), several ordered logit regression analyses were performed. Results suggest that read books, read news, attend movies, attend theater, visit heritage places, and participation in community celebrations are associated with life satisfaction. However, these relationships show differentiated patterns depending on the ethnic-racial ascription, which implies that the positive impacts of cultural participation cannot be attributed to all populations, highlighting a process of social exclusion where some individuals get benefits of cultural participation, while others do not.

scholarly journals Crossroads of Higher Education in Troubled Times Facing the Future of Work and the Subjective Well-Being of Professionals in Latin America

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Iturrieta Olivares
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Current Affairs ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
The Future ◽  
Current Context

The effects of massification, fragmentation and segmentation in higher education have been exacerbated by the state of current affairs. Latin America has been especially shaken, due to e.g., political changes resulting from massive expressions of social discontent following 2019; or the arrival of COVID-19, its interruption of the quotidian, and its impetus for technology to burst into professional work. In this context, three major crossroads for higher education – resulting from bibliographical and document analysis and integration – are presented in the paper, “Rethinking undergraduate training in social sciences from the imaginaries of the future about professional work”. The paper discusses development in the current context, the future of professional work, and subjective well-being in professionals. To face these challenges, the conclusions propose the exercise of prognostic intelligence as an alternative. Prognostic intelligence is a professional skill that can be developed during higher education. Its practice would eschew the presentism characteristic of our turbulent times in favor of expanding the possibilities of outlining the future of higher education on the basis of relevance, quality, and stability.

Discontent and the Left Turn in Latin America

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Wiesehomeier ◽  
David Doyle
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Left Turn ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Electoral Outcomes ◽  
Individual Perceptions ◽  
Psychology And Economics ◽  
Experienced Utility ◽  
Shed Light

The electoral success of the left across Latin America has largely been interpreted as a backlash against globalization and a manifestation of anti-market voting of citizens increasingly frustrated with their experience of representative democracy. However, studies trying to test these propositions show rather inconclusive results and face the problem of translating objective economic conditions into observable individual perceptions. This article contends that theories of subjective well-being in psychology and economics can shed light on this left turn. In particular, life satisfaction, as a manifestation of experienced utility, can help explain the electoral outcomes observed throughout the region. The findings show that support for the left is higher the more unsatisfied voters are under a right incumbent.

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