@article{Ateca-Amestoy_Gerstenblüth_Mussio_Rossi_2016, title={How do cultural activities influence happiness? Investigating the relationship between self-reported well-being and leisure}, volume={31}, url={https://estudioseconomicos.colmex.mx/index.php/economicos/article/view/16}, DOI={10.24201/ee.v31i2.16}, abstractNote={<p>Leisure is a human condition related to the discretionary use of time in a rewarding way that contributes to individual well-being. Individuals decide to engage on cultural activities to enjoy pleasant experiences. Cultural participation can be explained in different dimension, considering how the individual access those cultural experiences: by live attendance, by home consumption, by community practice. We find that the magnitude of the positive effect of cultural activities on the top happiness goes in this descending order: cinema going, participating in cultural events, listening to music, reading books and watching TV.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Estudios Económicos de El Colegio de México}, author={Ateca-Amestoy, Victoria and Gerstenblüth, Mariana and Mussio, Irene and Rossi, Máximo}, year={2016}, month={Jul.}, pages={217–234} }