Research Catalog

Title

Happiness, growth, and the life cycle / Richard A. Easterlin ; edited by Holger Hinte, Klaus F. Zimmermann.

Author

Easterlin, Richard A., 1926-

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Hinte, Holger, 1964-
• Zimmermann, Klaus F.
• IZA (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit)

Description

xvi, 283 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Series Statement

IZA prize in labor economics series

Uniform Title

IZA prize in labor economics series.

Subject

• Economic development > Psychological aspects
• Happiness > Economic aspects
• Population > Economic aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction by the editors : shaping the economics of happiness : the fundamental contributions of Richard A. Easterlin -- Growth and happiness. Introduction ; Does economic growth improve the human lot : some empirical evidence ; Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all? ; Happiness and economic growth : does the cross-section predict time trends : evidence from developing countries ; Lost in transition : life satisfaction on the road to capitalism ; Happiness and growth the world over : time series evidence on the happiness-income paradox -- Life cycle happiness. Introduction ; Income and happiness : towards a unified theory ; Life cycle happiness and its sources : intersections of psychology, economics, and demography ; The cross-over in the life cycle happiness of American women and men ; Aspirations, attainments, and satisfaction : life cycle differences between American women and men ; Happiness and domain satisfaction : new directions for the economics of happiness ; Explaining happiness ; Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9780199597093 (hbk.)
• 019959709X (hbk.)

OCLC

649801130

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library