Four Decades of the Economics of Happiness: Where Next?

2018/04/25 by Andrew E. Clark · 5 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Health disparities and outcomes #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/roiw.12369

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Abstract

There has been explosive growth in the analysis of subjective well‐being in Economics over the past 40 years. This article reviews some of this growth, and suggests a number of domains in which future research may proceed.

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