Do Poverty and Human Development Index Influence Happiness? Evidence from Indonesia through Islamic Studies Approach
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https://doi.org/10.24090/ej.v10i1.6017Keywords:
Poverty, Human Development Index, Happiness, Islamic StudiesAbstract
This research aims to examine the relationship between poverty and human development index to happiness rate in Indonesia through Islamic studies approach. This is because poverty Indonesia till become a prominent economic issue but, it has a high rate of happiness compared to another developed country in ASIA at the same time. Besides, to reach such happiness, it also needs a great human development as an indicator to create welfare of such countries. This is a quantitative research with multiple regressions, using macro-economic data since 2014 & 2017 from 33 provinces of Indonesia as a sample. The result revealed that poverty and human development index have a positive significant effect on happiness. Then, this empirical finding is in line with the concept of maqāṣid al-syariah, specifically hifdz al- dīn and hifdz al-‘aql.References
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Kahneman, D., Wakker, P. P., & Sarin, R. (1997). Back to Bentham? Explorations of experienced utility. Quarterly Journal of Economics. https://doi.org/10.1162/003355397555235
Wawancara Hubungan Kemiskinan dan Indeks Pembangunan Manusia Terhadap Kebahagiaan Dengan Bapak Kastolani, (2021).
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Majumdar, C., & Gupta, G. (2015). Don’t worry, be happy : A survey of the economics of happiness. In Economic and Political Weekly.
Ngoo, Y. T., & Tey, N. P. (2019). Human development index as a predictor of life satisfaction. Journal of Population and Social Studies. https://doi.org/10.25133/JPSSV27N1.005
Nofal, A. . (1984). Al-Zakat, The poor due, Translated from Arabic by T. Tawfik. The Supreme Council for Islamic Affair.
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Schimmel, J. (2009). Development as Happiness: The Subjective Perception of Happiness and UNDP’s Analysis of Poverty, Wealth and Development. Journal Of Happiness Studies, 10(1), 93–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902–007–9063–4
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Suryahadi, A., Al Izzati, R., & Suryadarma, D. (2020). Estimating the Impact of Covid-19 on Poverty in Indonesia*. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00074918.2020.1779390
United Nation. (2009). Multidimensional poverty measurement.
United Nations Development Program (UNDP). (1990). Human Development Report 1990: Concept and Measurement of Human Development. Oxford University Press.
World Bank. (2010). Poverty Reduction Support Credits - an Evaluation of World Bank Support.
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2022-07-29
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Lestari, D. M., Muslim, A., Furwanti, R., & Solikhin, I. (2022). Do Poverty and Human Development Index Influence Happiness? Evidence from Indonesia through Islamic Studies Approach. El-Jizya : Jurnal Ekonomi Islam, 10(1), 21–32. https://doi.org/10.24090/ej.v10i1.6017
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