Testing Theories of Happiness

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Part of book or chapter of book , Research , Other literature type , Preprint 01 Jan 2003Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2003 Switzerland English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Frey, Bruno S; Stutzer, Alois;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.405541 , 10.1093/0199286280.003.0005 , 10.3929/ethz-a-004531918 , 10.5167/uzh-52045

handle: 20.500.11850/147412

Testing Theories of Happiness

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Abstract

AbstractLatter-day researches based on reported subjective well-being have improved the understanding of utility. The concept of utility has acquired a psychological content, and has proved to be operational in researches on income, unemployment, inflation, inequality, and democratic institutions in their relations with happiness. The authors plead for fostering happiness researches, and give examples in which happiness researches shed light on rational choice and on policy issues.

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Switzerland

Related Organizations

University of Zurich
Switzerland
University of Basel
Switzerland
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Institute for the Study of Labor
Germany

Keywords

info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/330, Economics, aspiration level, marriage, relative income, subjective well-being, utility, 330 Economics, FREUDE + GLÜCK + ERFÜLLUNG + ZUFRIEDENHEIT (PSYCHOLOGIE); JOY + HAPPINESS + SATISFACTION (PSYCHOLOGY), FREUDE + GLÜCK + ERFÜLLUNG + ZUFRIEDENHEIT (PSYCHOLOGIE), JOY + HAPPINESS + SATISFACTION (PSYCHOLOGY), 10007 Department of Economics, IEW Institute for Empirical Research in Economics (former), jel: jel:D63, jel: jel:D60, jel: jel:D13, jel: jel:I31, jel: jel:J12

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