Economic Factors Affecting Life Satisfaction in Iran

Abstract:

The subject of the life satisfaction is one of the important issues in

development economics literature. In this paper, the main

determinants of life satisfaction such as economic factors have been

considered. For data analysis, the indices of life satisfaction have

been collected among 400 people in Tehran and neibouring

provinces by applying stratified random sampling method. Then,

data field method and questionnaire have been used for data

analysis. The empirical results of this paper reveal that GDP and

HDI index have positive and other explanatory variables such as

income inequality, population growth have positive and negative

significant impact on the life satisfaction in Iran respectively.