The Hedonistic Paradox: Is Homo Economicus Happier?

By James Konow, Joseph E. Earley Sr.. 2008

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Feeling Good About Giving: The Benefits (and Costs) of Self-Interested Charitable Behavior (2009, background): “Konow and Earley (2008) also argued that happier people give more because they are fueled by their positive emotions.”
Social desirability bias in self-reported well-being measures: evidence from an online survey (2017, background): “In this regard, Konow and Earley (2008) presented experimental evidence which showed that overall happiness measures were not significantly correlated with the score of the MarloweCrowne scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960), probably because they could be less affected by social approval bias compared to…”
Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Behavioural Outcomes (2008, background): “It is also related to recent work investigating whether people who are more generous are more successful in the sense of having greater life satisfaction (see Konow and Earley, 2008; Becchetti and Degli, 2007).”
Managing Joint Production Motivation: The Role of Goal Framing and Governance Mechanisms (2011, background): “Rewards couched as recognition are ideal for this purpose since recognition is mainly given as a side effect of other activities (Konow & Earley, 2008; Sheldon, 2004) and, thus, tends to remain in the background (Lindenberg, 2001).”
Attitudes to Income Inequality: Experimental and Survey Evidence (2014, background): “28 The experimental approach in Konow and Earley (2008) shows that those with (previously elicited) hap- piness scores are subsequently more generous in dictator games.”