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Author:   Richard A. Easterlin (University Professor and Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA) ,  Holge Hinte (Head of Publications at IZA) ,  Klaus F. Zimmermann (Director of the IZA and Professor of Economics, University of Bonn, Germany)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.384kg
ISBN:  

9780198779988

ISBN 10:   0198779984
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   30 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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I. Introduction by the Editors: Shaping the Economics of Happiness- The Fundamental Contributions of Richard Easterlin II. Growth and Happiness Introduction 1: Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence 2: Will Raising the Incomes of All Increase the Happiness of All? 3: Happiness and Economic Growth: Does the Cross-Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries 4: Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism 5: Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox III. Life Cycle Happiness Introduction 6: Income and Happiness: Towards a Unified Theory 7: Life Cycle Happiness and its Sources: Intersections of Psychology, Economics, and Demography 8: The Cross-Over in the Life Cycle Happiness of American Women and Men 9: Aspirations, Attainments, and Satisfaction: Life Cycle Differences between American Women and Men 10: Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: New Directions for the Economics of Happiness 11: Explaining Happiness IV. Epilogue

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Richard A. Easterlin is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a former Guggenheim Fellow, and Past President of the Population Association of America, and the Economic History Association. He was awarded the 2009 IZA Prize in Labour Economics.

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