Happiness in the Hands of Empirical Economists

Autor: Peder J. Pedersen
Přispěvatelé: Kærgård, Niels
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Pedersen, P J 2023, Happiness in the Hands of Empirical Economists . in N Kærgård (ed.), Market, Ethics and Religion : The market and its limitations . Springer, Cham, Ethical Economy, vol. 62, pp. 71-83 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08462-1_5
Ethical Economy ISBN: 9783031084614
Popis: In a discussion of what characterize a good human life the concept of happiness and what determines happiness is important. Since the late twentieth century economists and other social scientists have shown a fast-growing interest in happiness defined as self-reported well-being. Many contributions have analyzed the relationship between happiness and economic factors, especially income, and other relevant background factors. An initial conviction of no relationship between happiness and income – seen as a paradox in economic terms – has changed to a recognition of a dominantly positive relationship. At the same time several studies find a number of other factors such as age, gender, civil status, income distribution, health and education to be equally, or more important. The chapter gives a survey of this literature.
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