We revisit the resource curse theory by providing empirical evidence for the effects of natural resource rents on subjective well-being. Using a cross-sectional model based on a global sample of 149 countries, we highlight that resource rents tend to reduce happiness but this effect differs according to (i) the political system and the level of development, (ii) the types and the measures of natural resources and (iii) the scale of happiness. Specifically, the negative effect of natural resources on happiness tends to be amplified in developing and weak democracy countries. Furthermore, the disaggregation of natural resource rents shows that while oil rents and natural gas rents have a significant negative effect, forest, coal and mineral rents do not. However, after using the quantile regression approach, we find that these effects vary at different intervals throughout the happiness distribution.

我们通过提供自然资源租金对主观幸福感影响的经验证据来重新审视资源诅咒理论。使用基于149个国家/地区的全球样本的横截面模型，我们强调资源租金倾向于降低幸福感，但是这种影响根据（i）政治制度和发展水平，（ii）类型和措施而不同自然资源和（iii）幸福的规模。具体而言，在发展中和民主国家中，自然资源对幸福的负面影响趋于加剧。此外，对自然资源租金的分类显示，尽管石油租金和天然气租金具有显着的负面影响，但森林，煤炭和矿产的租金却没有。但是，在使用分位数回归方法之后，