Essays about: "happiness economics"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the words happiness economics.

  1. 11. The Econometrics of Happiness: A cross-sectional European analysis on the shifting importance of the determinants of happiness

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Samuel Ljungberg; Carl Magnus Magnusson; [2016]
    Keywords : happiness economics; subjective well-being; determinants of happiness; gologit; proportional odds;

    Abstract : This paper tests the hypothesis that determinants affecting an agent's happiness do so differently depending on the happiness level of the agent. What affects a happy person's well-being and to what extent is not necessarily the same as what and how it affects an unhappy person's well-being. READ MORE

  3. 12. Farmers' private savings for retirement : values behind the decision

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Louise Pettersson; Elin Ringborg; [2016]
    Keywords : retirement; decision-making; private savings; farmer; laddering; personal values; means-end chain;

    Abstract : Self-employees in Sweden, there among farmers are not provided with any occupational pension, which means that one part of their retirement income is lacking. Therefore, they have a larger responsibility concerning their private savings for retirement in order to obtain a retirement income corresponding to the one they had during their active work period. READ MORE

  4. 13. Ownership - a challenged Consumer Ideal. A Study of two Collaborative Consumption Practices: Clothes Swapping and Clothing Libraries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Cornelia Grimshorn; Marlene Jordan; [2015]
    Keywords : ownership; possessions; collaborative consumption; sharing economy; political consumerism; Millennials; clothing library; clothes swapping; CCT; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research is a theoretical contribution to CCT and existing literature on ownership, investigating whether ownership has become an out-dated ideal in consumer culture. We explore how Millennials negotiate issues of ownership and sharing in the context of collaborative consumption. READ MORE

  5. 14. Poverty Porn as a Sign of a Postcolonial Wall Between “Us” and “Them”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nadezda Kaskure; Jana Krivorotko; [2014]
    Keywords : poverty porn; postcolonial theory; poverty; NGO; marketing; advertisement; critical study; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : One of the problems that people were trying to overcome for years is poverty. Almost half of the population lives on $2.50 a day. However, it appears that poverty could also be seen as the symbolic resource rather than a financial state. READ MORE

  6. 15. Happiness Economics: Validity of subjective wellbeing measures and considerations for public policy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Miguel Lazaro Garcia; [2014]
    Keywords : Happiness economics; subjective wellbeing; personality traits; Easterlin Paradox; public policy; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Happiness is a relatively new discipline within economics. Traditionally, economists have not paid too much attention to it since they considered that both indicators and theoretical assumptions in which this discipline was based were not neither reliable nor useful for policy recommendations. READ MORE