If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right

By Elizabeth W. Dunn, Daniel T Gilbert, Timothy D. Wilson. 2011

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences, Social Psychology

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If money does not make you happy, consider time (2011, background): “Thus, with a goal to complement the eight principles of happiness-maximizing ways to spend money (Dunn et al., 2011), this paper offers five principles for happiness-maximizingways to spend time.”
Using wellbeing for public policy: Theory, measurement, and recommendations (2016, methodology): “Recently, Easterlin (2013) and others (e.”
The preference for experiences over possessions: Measurement and construct validation of the Experiential Buying Tendency Scale (2012, background): “Being able to identify and understand these tendencies is crucial if social scientists are to realize their stated goals (eg, Dunn, Gilbert, & Wilson, 2011 ) of helping improve individual consumption patterns in ways that are beneficial to SWB.”
A wonderful life: experiential consumption and the pursuit of happiness (2015, background): “More helpful are those implicit lessons that are easy to put in practice (Dunn & Norton, 2013; Dunn et al., 2011).”
The relationship between innovation and subjective wellbeing (2012, background): “If income does not have much of an impact beyond a point, then people maybe not spending their income correctly (see Dunn et al., 2011) and/or the increased income comes at a price in terms of other things that reduce wellbeing (e.g. commuting – see Kahneman et al., 2006; Stutzer and Frey, 2008).”
To have in order to do: Exploring the effects of consuming experiential products on well-being (2015, positive): “Numerous studies demonstrate that buying and consuming life experiences, instead of material items, lead to greater well-being (Caprariello & Reis, 2013; Dunn et al., 2011; Howell & Hill, 2009; Nicolao et al., 2009; Pchelin & Howell, 2014; Van Boven & Gilovich, 2003).”