@techreport{Schubert2012Pursuing,
abstract = {While research on subjective well-being abounds, comparatively little thought has been given to its practical policy implications. Two approaches to derive policy advice have emerged in the literature: One is organized in terms of the idea to maximize a hedonic social welfare function, the other focuses on the design of constitutional rules to facilitate the individuals' self-determined pursuit of happiness. We suggest to substantiate what it means to pursue happiness, in particular by drawing upon a psychologically informed account of preference learning. If extended in this direction, a notion of the pursuit of happiness has interesting practical policy implications.},
address = {Jena},
author = {Christian Schubert},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {D03; D11; D60; 330; subjective well-being; happiness; welfare economics; preference learning; Lebensqualit\"{a}t; Zufriedenheit; Wirtschaftspolitik; Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion; Pr\"{a}ferenztheorie; Lernprozess; Theorie},
language = {eng},
number = {1201},
publisher = {Max-Planck-Inst. f\"{u}r \"{O}konomik},
title = {Pursuing happiness},
type = {Papers on economics and evolution},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/57573},
year = {2012}
}
