Using data from the 2011 Vietnam National Aging Survey, we examined whether religion is associated with subjective well-being (i.e. happiness or life satisfaction) among old people in Vietnam. Our regression analysis provided the first evidence that some religious affiliations are negatively related to happiness. Buddhists and Caodaists are less happy than their non-religious counterparts, even after controlling for several household and individual attributes. However, this negative association does not hold for Christians. This finding is robust to the choice of key covariates and specification of econometric models. Our finding supports the hypothesis that religiosity tends to be linked with unhappiness in transitional countries possibly because in these countries those who are religious often consist disproportionately of new, relatively unhappy recruits.
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaSouthwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Chiu, Yi-Bin
Wang, Zhen
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaSouthwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Wang, Zhen
Ye, Xu
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaSouthwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
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Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Li, Yiwen
Zhang, Wenwen
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Shanghai Univ, Sch Econ, 99 Shangda Rd, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China
Univ Auckland, Energy Ctr, Auckland, New ZealandCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Zhang, Wenwen
Zhao, Bin
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Tsinghua Univ, Sch Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China
Tsinghua Univ, State Key Joint Lab Environm Simulat & Pollut Cont, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Zhao, Bin
Sharp, Basil
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Univ Auckland, Energy Ctr, Auckland, New ZealandCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Sharp, Basil
Nie, Jianyun
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Shanghai Acad Social Sci, Inst Appl Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R ChinaCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaSouthwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Chiu, Yi-Bin
Wang, Zhen
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaSouthwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Wang, Zhen
Ye, Xu
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Southwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaSouthwestern Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Western China Econ Res, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China
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Cent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Li, Yiwen
Zhang, Wenwen
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Shanghai Univ, Sch Econ, 99 Shangda Rd, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China
Univ Auckland, Energy Ctr, Auckland, New ZealandCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Zhang, Wenwen
Zhao, Bin
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Tsinghua Univ, Sch Environm, Beijing, Peoples R China
Tsinghua Univ, State Key Joint Lab Environm Simulat & Pollut Cont, Beijing, Peoples R ChinaCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Zhao, Bin
Sharp, Basil
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Univ Auckland, Energy Ctr, Auckland, New ZealandCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China
Sharp, Basil
Nie, Jianyun
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Shanghai Acad Social Sci, Inst Appl Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R ChinaCent Univ Finance & Econ, Sch Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China