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dc.contributor.author | Stevenson, Betsey | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wolfers, Justin | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-09-24 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-07-07T11:34:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-07-07T11:34:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080828153 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35136 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The Easterlin paradox suggests that there is no link between a society's economic development and its average level of happiness. We re-assess this paradox analyzing multiple rich datasets spanning many decades. Using recent data on a broader array of countries, we establish a clear positive link between average levels of subjective well-being and GDP per capita across countries, and find no evidence of a satiation point beyond which wealthier countries have no further increases in subjective well-being. We show that the estimated relationship is consistent across many datasets and is similar to the relationship between subject well-being and income observed within countries. Finally, examining the relationship between changes in subjective well-being and income over time within countries we find economic growth associated with rising happiness. Together these findings indicate a clear role for absolute income and a more limited role for relative income comparisons in determining happiness. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x3654 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D6 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Happiness | en |
dc.subject.keyword | subjective well-being | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Easterlin Paradox | en |
dc.subject.keyword | life satisfaction | en |
dc.subject.keyword | economic growth | en |
dc.subject.keyword | well-being-income gradient | en |
dc.subject.keyword | hedonic treadmill | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebenszufriedenheit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebensstandard | en |
dc.subject.stw | Wirtschaftswachstum | en |
dc.subject.stw | Sozialprodukt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebensqualität | en |
dc.subject.stw | Welt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebenszufriedenheit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebensstandard | en |
dc.subject.stw | Wirtschaftswachstum | en |
dc.subject.stw | Sozialprodukt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Lebensqualität | en |
dc.subject.stw | Welt | en |
dc.title | Economic growth and subjective well-being: reassessing the easterlin paradox | - |
dc.type | |aWorking Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 578090570 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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