Statistical Matching of HBS and ADL to analyse living conditions, poverty and happiness

Consumption, poverty and happiness represent fundamental aspects in the analysis of household living conditions. To empirically investigate the relationships among them, individual data are required. The not availability of joint information on consumption and happiness at the unit level, as in Italy, may be overcoming by using the statistical matching method. In particular, the matching of the Household Budget Survey (HBS) with the Aspects of Daily Life (ADL) provides information at the individual level, useful to investigate how poverty as well as the living condition affects the happiness of Italian citizens.