Tecnologia e felicidade em economias desenvolvidas e em desenvolvimento: Brasil e Estados Unidos

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Maria Alice
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3282
• topic: Felicidade; Teoria econômica; Bem-estar; Inovações Tecnológicas; Happiness; Economic theory; Welfare; Technological innovations; CNPQ::CIENCIAS SOCIAIS APLICADAS::ECONOMIA::TEORIA ECONOMICA

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship of well-being and technology that may be considered as possible empirical determinants of individual happiness in Brazil. Attention was given to variables that allow an analysis of the role of technological innovations in generating happiness. Moreover, we sought to compare the results found in this study with other developed countries, like the United States. This comparison has become necessary since, numerous studies provide evidence that individuals who live in rich countries are on average happier than those in poorer countries. The theoretical framework was based on assumptions of economic well-being and technological innovations, particularly in the event Shumpeteriana (1961) of creative destruction . The methodological procedure adopted consisted in the estimation of happiness through the ordered probit model, given the ordered structure of the dependent variable. Concurrently, we used the factor analysis statistical technique to build a display technology that incorporates significantly the main dimensions of technology. On the main results, we can conclude that technological innovation positively affected the happiness of Brazilians, while it negatively affected the happiness of Americans. These results confirmed that developing countries such as Brazil, showed gains in the level of happiness of its population, since most do not have access to technology and, therefore, technological innovation is a novelty for most citizens Brazilians. Already developed countries, represented here by the United States reached a high technological level in which all people have access to technology and therefore are suffering the negative effects that it may cause. Therefore, the results confirm, for Brazil, the hypothesis of Schumpeterian creative destruction , where technology and innovation can enhance the quality and variety of goods and services available to individuals, making them happier. It is worth noting also that the results refute, to the United States, the hypothesis of Schumpeterian creative destruction , since the use of technology reduced the level of happiness of Americans. Thus, evidence suggests that individuals who live in less developed countries can be considered happier than those of more developed countries when we analyze the feat of technology.