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Happiness in Economics presents a selection of the most important economics articles on individuals' subjective well-being. The volume demonstrates that economics is relevant for people's happiness.Part I includes key early papers on happiness and income, determinants of the happiness-income relationship, and policy implications, as well as the Leyden analysis of income norms. Part II contains recent analyses of the determinants of happiness.
This fascinating and innovative collection will provide invaluable information and analysis for students, researchers and policymakers.
Contents
Contents:
Acknowledgements
Introduction Richard A. Easterlin
PART I EARLY CONTRIBUTORS
A Happiness and Income
1. Richard A. Easterlin (1974), 'Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence'
B Determinants of the Happiness-Income Relationship
2. Jeffrey Friedman and Adam McCabe (1996), 'Preferences or Happiness? Tibor Scitovsky's Psychology of Human Needs'
3. Tibor Scitovsky (1996), 'My Own Criticism of The Joyless Economy'
4. Yew-Kwang Ng (1978), 'Economic Growth and Social Welfare: The Need for a Complete Study of Happiness'
C Policy Implications
5. Robert H. Frank (1997), 'The Frame of Reference as a Public Good'
6. R. Layard (1980), 'Human Satisfactions and Public Policy'
D The Leyden Analysis of Income Norms
7. Bernard M.S. van Praag and Paul Frijters (1999), 'The Measurement of Welfare and Well-Being: The Leyden Approach'
8. Huib van de Stadt, Arie Kapteyn and Sara van de Geer (1985), 'The Relativity of Utility: Evidence from Panel Data'
9. Arie Kapteyn (2001), 'Relative Utility and Income Growth: An Example'
PART II RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS: THE DETERMINANTS OF HAPPINESS
10. Andrew J. Oswald (1997), 'Happiness and Economic Performance'
11. Andrew E. Clark and Andrew J. Oswald (1994), 'Unhappiness and Unemployment'
12. Rafael Di Tella, Robert J. MacCulloch and Andrew J. Oswald (2001), 'Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness'
13. Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer (2000), 'Happiness, Economy and Institutions'
14. Richard A. Easterlin (2001), 'Income and Happiness: Towards a Unified Theory'
15. Amartya Sen (1996), 'Rationality, Joy and Freedom'
Name Index