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Easterlin's puzzle
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Easterlin's puzzle
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Are there good reasons why income comparisons can influence happiness?
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One of the findings of happiness research is that when people are asked how satisfied they are with life as a whole their answers often depe...
Saturday, April 19, 2008
What should we make of survey results showing no increase in happiness as income rises?
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The issue I want to address is whether survey results showing little or no increase in happiness as incomes rise in high income countries me...
Would you rather be a rich person in a poor country or a poor person in a rich country?
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A few months ago, Dani Rodrik asked readers of his blog the old question: “Would you rather be poor in a rich country, or rich in a poor cou...
How does probability of happiness vary with income level?
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It has often been observed that cross-country comparisons show a strong positive relationship between average income levels and average happ...
Friday, April 18, 2008
Does income inequality lead to happiness inequality?
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It seems reasonable to expect that the difference between the probability of happiness of people on upper incomes and those on lower incomes...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Is anything left of the Easterlin paradox?
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Richard Easterlin proposed in 1974 that there is no link between the level of economic development of a society and the overall happiness of...
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