Essays about: "happiness economics"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 essays containing the words happiness economics.

  1. 6. Happiness, Prosperity and Inequality in the 21st Century: The Case of Latin America

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Frank Schönberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Happiness; Prosperity; Perceived Inequality; Latin America; Multilevel Modelling; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Latin American countries are among the happiest countries world-wide despite suffering from vast economic inequality at the same time. Addressing this alleged puzzle, this study analyses the effects of economic prosperity and inequality on happiness in Latin America. READ MORE

  3. 7. Underlying motivational factors of farmers when acquiring arable land : a study in the region of Östergötland, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Emilia Kreutz; Ellinor Peterson; [2020]
    Keywords : farm business investment; laddering technique; means-end chain theory; ZMET;

    Abstract : The area of arable land is decreasing every year as a result of expanding cities or road networks, a fact affecting the farmers’ business possibilities. The farms in Sweden are simultaneously getting fewer but larger in size, the higher survival rate among the larger farms indicating that growing means surviving. READ MORE

  4. 8. Under What Conditions, If at All, Can (Psychological) Strategic Behavioural Influences Be Justifiably Used to Shape People's Choices?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Eleanor Whitehead; [2019]
    Keywords : Nudging; Boosting; Advertising; Transparency; Autonomy; Influences; Decision Making; Choice Architecture;

    Abstract : The publication and mass appeal of Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's book Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness (Nudge), in 2008, illuminated behavioural economics, in the public and political domain. Nudging, a technique derived from behavioural economics, offers a fresh element to the long-time debate between paternalism and freedom, since proponents believe it can simultaneously preserve freedom of choice and serve as a means to influence behaviour. READ MORE

  5. 9. 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

  6. 10. The Pursuit of Happiness - Satisfaction from Employment and Entrepreneurship

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Karl Roos; Hampus Tarras-Wahlberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Procedural Utility; Job Characteristics Model; Entrepreneurs; Satisfaction; Happiness; Autonomy.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : On average, entrepreneurs have lower incomes than employed individuals, work longer hour, and endure more stress. In spite of the grim reality, research has consistently shown entrepreneurs are more satisfied with their lives than employees. READ MORE