Explaining happiness

By Richard A. Easterlin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2003

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Subfields: Health, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Ecological economics of coastal disasters: Introduction to the special issue (2007, result): “For example, recent studies have shown that the destructive powers of hurricanes are increasing worldwide and the frequency of category 4 and 5 hurricanes has increased dramatically in the last 2 decades in the Atlantic (Webster et al., 2005; Emanuel, 2005).”
Well-Being across America (2011, neutral): “Following Easterlin (1974, 2003), and an emerging literature that includes Clark (2003), Di Tella, MacCulloch, and Oswald (2001, 2003), Blanchflower and Oswald (2004), Kahneman et al. (2004), Layard (2005), Deaton (2008), Levinson (2009), Daly and Wilson (2009), Stevenson and Wolfers (2009), and…”
The contribution of self-regulatory efficacy beliefs in managing affect and family relationships to positive thinking and hedonic balance (2006, result): “This is in accordance with other findings that document the role that interpersonal and family relationships have in promoting people’s well–being (i.e., Diener, 2001; Diener, Gohm, Suh, & Oishi, 2000; Easterlin, 2003; Emmons, 1999, 2003; Hinde, 1997; Inglehart, 1990; Myers, 1993).”
Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being (2006, neutral): “Easterlin (2003), for example, has argued that people adapt to income, but not to marriage. treadmill, meaning that the effects of substantial life changes on subjective wellbeing are temporary.”
Change in life satisfaction during adulthood: findings from the veterans affairs normative aging study. (2005, background): “Poor health appears to have lasting and harmful influence on life satisfaction across different age groups (Easterlin, 2003 On the basis of this evidence, we considered the effect of selfreported health on level of, rate of change, and curvature in life satisfaction trajectories.”
Feeding the Illusion of Growth and Happiness: A Reply to Hagerty and Veenhoven (2005, background): “…of straining to feed the illusion that a focus on growth creates happiness, one needs to develop an empirically tested causal model that includes the life satisfaction derived from multiple sources – not just material goods, but also family life, health, work utility, and the like (Easterlin 2003).”
Is Psychological Well-Being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables? (2012, neutral): “There is a still-burgeoning statistical literature on the determinants of human happiness and mental well-being (Diener et al. 1999; Easterlin 2003; Graham 2005; Layard 2005; Propper et al. 2005; Shields and Wheatley Price 2005; Blanchflower and Oswald 2008).”
Happiness and Productivity (2015, neutral): “There is a growing one on the measurement of human well-being ðe.g., Easterlin 2003; Van Praag and Ferrer-I-Carbonell 2004; Layard 2005; Ifcher and Zarghamee 2011; and Benjamin et al. 2012Þ.”
Quality of life: an approach integrating opportunities, human needs, and subjective well-being (2007, methodology): “…Brendan Fishera,b, Saleem Alib, Caroline Beerc, Lynne Bondd, Roelof Boumansa,b, Nicholas L. Danigelise, Jennifer Dickinsonf, Carolyn Elliottc, Joshua Farleya,g, Diane Elliott Gayerg, Linda MacDonald Glennh, Thomas Hudspethb, Dennis Mahoneyi, Laurence McCahillj, Barbara McIntoshk, Brian Reedl,”
Exploring the link between neighborhood environment and mental wellbeing: A case study in Beijing, China (2017, methodology): “Some researchers use the phrase “mental wellbeing” as a synonym for “happiness” and “life satisfaction” (Easterlin, 2003; Pfeiffer & Cloutier, 2016).”
International Happiness: A New View on the Measure of Performance (2011, neutral): “…(1995a,b), Ng (1997), Oswald (1997), Judge et al (1998), Veenhoven (1999), Argyle (2001), Di Tella (2001), Radcliff (2001), Frey and Stutzer (2002), Easterlin (2003), Huppert and Whittington (2003), Wolfers (2003), Blanchflower and Oswald (2004, 2008a), Kahneman et al. (2004), Van Praag and…”
Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges (2008, positive): “Easterlin (2001, 2003, 2005) argues that adaptation is generally incomplete, namely, that people do not merely automatically bounce back to a baseline level of happiness.”
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the PERMA Model of Well-Being (2015, background): “Easterlin (2003) builds his theory of well-being on his observation that mainstream economic theory overwhelmingly focuses on fiscal conditions and overlooks non-monetary rewards.”