Handbook on the Economics of Happiness

@inproceedings{Bruni2007HandbookOT,
  title={Handbook on the Economics of Happiness},
  author={Luigino Bruni and Pier Luigi Porta},
  year={2007}
}
Bruni, L.; Porta, PL; Vivenza, G; Drakopoulos, S; Karayiannis, A; Guidi, MEL; Scazzieri, R; Cremaschi, S; Bianchi, M; Guillen Royo, M, Cogoy, M; Vendrik, M, Hirata, J; Raghunathan, R; Irwin, JR; Chekola, M; Becchetti, L; Santoro, M; Pugno, M; Pelligra, V; Zarri, L; Bartolini, S; Cox, D; Stark, O; de Jesus Garcia, J; Christa Fuentes, N; Borrego, SA; Gutierrez, MD; Tapia, A; Peiro, A; Powdthavee, N; Crivelli, L; Domenighetti, G; Filippini, M; Marzetti Dall'Aste Brandolini, S; Sacconi, L; Grimalda… 
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Education and happiness in Spain

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CAPABILITIES FOR THE MISERABLE; HAPPINESS FOR THE SATISFIED

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Happinomics among Factors of Production using a Principal Component Analysis Approach: A Case Study of Labour and Entrepreneurs’ Subjective Happiness in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Amidst the recent global financial crisis, there is a surge of interest in happiness. All of us want to have satisfying lives. Yet, not everybody is happy, even among the wealthy. Believing that…

Karl Polanyi and the Reappraisal of Happiness Economics

Abstract Happiness economics unearths the undesirable effects of economic growth and criticizes the economic model based on the belief in the supremacy of market relations over the relational bonds…

When money does not buy happiness: The case of “frustrated achievers”

Eudaimonia and the Economics of Happiness

In this paper I discuss the major approaches to happiness in the economics of happiness: hedonism and life-satisfaction approaches. It is possible to identify a tension between two important…

Consumption expenditures and subjective well-being: empirical evidence from Germany

Abstract The standard of living of persons and households is not only a matter of income, but ultimately depends on the level and quality of their consumption in terms of goods and services…

The Austrian theory of relational goods

In modern rich societies, the traditional positive correlation between income and happiness seems to have disappeared: even though their income keeps rising, people do not declare themselves to be…

The happiness of sociality. Economics and eudaimonia: A necessary encounter

The paper discusses some issues of the debate on happiness in economics. In particular it deals with the relationship between happiness and sociality. In fact, in contemporary ‘economics and…
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