Study on Structural Relationships among the Factors Affecting Happiness of Adolescent in OECD Countries: Application of QCA Method | Chapter 7 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 7

 The goal of this research is to look into the causal linkages between major educational parameters and teenage happiness, as well as to suggest policy recommendations for OECD countries looking to improve their levels of adolescent happiness. The HSBC score of adolescent happiness in OECD nations was chosen as an indicator, and a variety of independent variables were included in the analysis, such as per capita GDP and per capita educational expenditure amount. The QCA (Qualitative Comparative Analysis) approach was employed for the analysis. The application of QCA in teenage happiness studies has been infrequent, and there are likely to be conceptual and paradigmatic barriers to its usage. In some cases, adoption is an option. According to the data, TEPC*GDP*PUPTEA, tee*GDP*PRIVATEXP, and tee*tepc*gdp*privatexp are three major elements that contribute to teenagers' high levels of happiness in OECD countries. In other words, while a few more steps are needed to arrive at a more compact formulation, the answer in this study provides six configurations and three prime implicants. The first prime implicant is TEPC (high total per capita education expenditure)*GDP (high per capita GDP)*PUPTEA (high total per capita education expenditure)*PUPTEA (high total per capita education expenditure)*PUPTEA (high total per capita education expenditure)*PUPTEA (high total per capita education expenditure) (high ratio of students to teaching staff). tee is the second suspect (low total expenditure on education) *GDP (high per capita income) gdp)*PRIVATEXP gdp)*PRIVATEXP gdp)*PRI (high ratio of private source expenditure on education to gdp). Finally, tee(low total education expenditure)*tepc(low total per capita education expenditure)*gdp(low per capita gdp)*privatexp is the third implicant (low ratio of private source expenditure on education to gdp). It is critical to emphasise that the findings presented in this study are merely indicative and should be seen in context. Instead of being a limitation of QCA, alternative causal configurations are appropriate for the complexity of teenagers' enjoyment.

Author (S) Details

Young-Chool Choi
Department of Public Administration, Chungbuk National University, Korea

Ji-Hyun Jang
College of Liberal Arts, Sangmyung University, Korea.

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