Feeding the Illusion of Growth and Happiness: A Reply to Hagerty and Veenhoven

By Richard A. Easterlin. 2005

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Leisure Time, Leisure Activities, and Happiness in China (2015, result): “After that, some other empirical studies provided further evidence in support of the above finding in a number of countries (Blanchflower & Oswald, 2011; Easterlin, 1995, 2005).”
Life cycle happiness and its sources: Intersections of psychology, economics, and demography (2006, background): “Over the past 30 years there has been a gradual accumulation of empirical evidence contradicting this view – in a number of countries the trend in subjective well-being has remained Xat despite a marked increase in GDP per capita ( Easterlin, 1995, 2005 ).”
The China Puzzle: Falling Happiness in a Rising Economy (2009, positive): “This is in line with Easterlin’s (1974) claim that a generalized augmentation in income will not increase happiness in a given population, simply because one’s relative income—relative to fellow citizens—does not improve (see also Easterlin 1995, 2005 ).”
Life Goals and Well-Being: Are Extrinsic Aspirations Always Detrimental to Well-Being? (2009, positive): “Nevertheless, research on happiness should not just focus on economic growth, but also on non-economic aspects of well-being, like democratization and social liberalization (Easterlin, 2005).”
Who Benefits from Economic Freedom? Unraveling the Effect of Economic Freedom on Subjective Well-Being (2013, positive): “Scholars are divided over the question of whether SWB remains constant over time, regardless of increasing incomes (Easterlin, 1995, 2010; Sacks, Stevenson, & Wolfers, 2010; Stevenson & Wolfers, 2008; Di Tella & MacCulloch, 2008; Veenhoven & Hagerty, 2006).”
Relative Income, Happiness and Utility: An Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox and Other Puzzles (2008, neutral): “19 to accurately measure income aspirations.13 Easterlin (2005b) uses direct measures to show that material aspirations (the big-ticket consumer items that make up the good life) seem to increase in line with ownership of such consumer items.”
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness: A Global Perspective (1981–2007) (2008, background): “Diener and Oishi (2000), Easterlin (2005), Inglehart and Klingemann (2000), and Kahneman and Krueger (2006) presented similar findings.”
Happiness and Economic Growth: The Evidence (2013, positive): “…relationship between subjective well-being and economic growth, drawing on research carried on at the University of Southern California over the last decade (see Easterlin 2005a, Easterlin and Plagnol 2008, Easterlin 2009, Easterlin et al. 2010, Easterlin and Sawangfa 2010, Easterlin et al. 2012).”
The Easterlin illusion: economic growth does go with greater happiness (2014, background): “Hagerty and Veenhoven (2003) argue that rising happiness typically coincides with economic growth.”
Will GDP Growth Increase Happiness in Developing Countries? (2011, background): “Taken from Easterlin (2005).”
Income and happiness: Evidence, explanations and economic implications (2006, background): “As might be imagined, there is only relatively little work here, as it is difficult to know how to accurately measure income aspirations.25 Easterlin (2005b) uses direct measures of aspirations to show that material aspirations (the big-ticket consumer items that make up the good life) seem 25…”
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel (2011, background): “Yet, SWB does not increase in proportion to an increasing income over time (Easterlin, 2005).”
Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism (2009, positive): “This would be in keeping with the growing evidence that in upper income nations (and those under study here fell in 1989 in the upper middle-income group) increasing GDP is not accompanied by growing happiness (Easterlin 1974, 1995, 2005).”