Essays about: "paradox of happiness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words paradox of happiness.

  1. 1. Time to Love: Romantic comedies and narratives of LOVE – from a Swedish context

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Marianne Gabrielsson; [2022-08-23]
    Keywords : love; romcoms; masculine domination; doxa; embodiment; escapism;

    Abstract : This study explores the relation between love and romantic comedies, (aka romcoms), among people living in Sweden. Romcoms, being one of the most popular film genres ever, has often been subject to critique of not being serious enough and to derange people’s perceptions love. READ MORE

  2. 2. Ingredient-based Group Recommender for Recipes (IGR2)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : John Lindblad; Jonas Meddeb; [2022-02-16]
    Keywords : recommender systems; data science; user-generated content; contentbased filtering; singular value decomposition; recipes; food; group recommender systems;

    Abstract : The number of food recipe options in modern society is vast and growing. While often being considered positive, the abundant options also lead to the so-called paradox of choice, i.e. that more options can lead to less happiness. READ MORE

  3. 3. The Negative Externality of Peer Group Income: Evidence from Three Developed Economies

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jón Sjúrður Pálsson Arge; [2021]
    Keywords : happiness economics; social comparison; peer group income; Easterlin Paradox; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper examines the effect of peer group household income on happiness in three developed economies: the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, where we define peer groups by age, gender, and education. Using the most recent panel waves from the General Social Survey (GSS) and the European Social Survey (ESS), we find comparable results from all three countries, namely a negative coefficient of peer group household income that is statistically not different in absolute magnitude from the coefficient of the respondent’s own household income. READ MORE

  4. 4. Is it wrong to assume economic growth promotes well-being in society?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : John Norell; Anh Phung Duc; [2018-07-05]
    Keywords : Easterlin paradox; Subjective well-being; Happiness; Life satisfaction; Economic growth; Income inequality; Panel data; European Social Survey;

    Abstract : Economic growth has for long been implicitly assumed to promote well-being in society, but lately scholars in the field of happiness research have raised critique towards this assumption. This paper investigate the relationship between economic growth and subjective well-being (SWB) in society, a topic that have risen in popularity over recent decades. READ MORE

  5. 5. Economic Development and Subjective Well-Being : Reassessing the Easterlin Paradox.

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : William Sihver; Aso Qader; [2018]
    Keywords : Economic development; subjective well-being; gross domestic product; the Easterlin Paradox; time series regression;

    Abstract : This thesis within Industrial Economics and Applied Mathematics investigates the relationship between economic development and subjective well-being. The Easterlin Paradox, originally stated by Richard Easterlin in 1974, is reassessed by utilizing cross-sectional and time series data. READ MORE