Does globalization and ecological footprint in OECD lead to national happiness.

Autor: Wang Y; School of Business, Gachon University, Seongnam-si, Korea., Arshed N; Department of Economics, Division of Management and Administrative Science, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan., Ghulam Shabeer M; Department of Economics and Statistics, Dr Hasan Murad School of Management, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan., Munir M; Department of Economics and Statistics, Dr Hasan Murad School of Management, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan., Rehman HU; Department of Economics and Statistics, Dr Hasan Murad School of Management, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan., Khan YA; Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Oct 24; Vol. 18 (10), pp. e0288630. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 24 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0288630
Abstrakt: This study examines the relationship between globalization, ecological footprint, innovation, and subjective wellbeing in the form of happiness, using a comprehensive assessment of OECD countries from 2008 to 2020. The study employs FGLS, Quantile, and Bootstrap Quantile regression estimation to investigate the quadratic effects of globalization, ecological footprint, and the moderating effect of innovation while controlling for renewable energy and population density. Happiness is a multidisciplinary subject, and this study focuses on the economic dimensions of happiness. The findings reveal a nonlinear relationship between ecological footprint and globalization, with negative effects on subjective wellbeing at high levels of ecological footprint and globalization. However, the moderating effect of innovation mitigates these adverse effects, indicating that innovation can help to offset the detrimental impacts of ecological footprint and globalization on subjective wellbeing. The study's implications are significant for policymakers promoting sustainable economic growth while enhancing subjective wellbeing. The findings highlight the importance of investing in innovation and sustainable development to promote subjective wellbeing in the face of increasing ecological footprint and globalization. Additionally, this research contributes to the multidisciplinary understanding of happiness and provides valuable insights for future research in this area.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Wang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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