Posts tagged with 'happiness'
December 19, 2024
In Memoriam: Richard A. Easterlin
Honoring an IZA Prize Laureate and groundbreaking pioneer in the economics of happiness
September 21, 2022
Four IZA network members among the Citation Laureates for 2022
Pioneering contributions to happiness economics and political economy
August 19, 2020
Does the dream of home ownership rest upon biased beliefs?
New study finds that prospective home owners overestimate the well-being consequences of home ownership
July 18, 2019
The Newest Revolution? Happiness!
Richard Easterlin on the marked improvement in people's feelings of well-being
January 17, 2019
Telework increases employees’ stress levels
Well-being effects differ between working from home and bringing work home from the office
February 1, 2017
Three mechanisms to boost firm productivity
Monetary incentives are not always the most cost-effective way to make employees more productive. Three recent IZA World of Labor […]
December 9, 2015
Life satisfaction gap between transition countries and the West is closing
Trends of globalization such as migration, economic integration and digital communication are undoubtedly bringing people closer together. But do they […]
October 28, 2015
Implications of human dignity for international development theory and practice
In her contribution to the second international Human Dignity and Human Development Conference hosted by the University of Notre Dame’s […]
August 14, 2015
Measuring historical happiness through digitized books
What are the historical drivers of happiness? To answer this question, a research team from the University of Warwick built […]
June 11, 2015
Why labor market policies should be guided by happiness
Happiness should be a guiding factor in the governance of labor markets, argues Jo Ritzen in his most recent IZA […]
January 16, 2015
How health status affects individual time use
Economics is the science on scarce resources. And what is more scarce than time in modern societies? A recent literature […]
December 16, 2014
Should you come out in the workplace and would your employer care?
According to a report by Nick Drydakis published by IZA World of Labor today, half of gay and lesbian employees […]
October 23, 2014
Can migration boost incomes, happiness and freedom satisfaction?
By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova The recent economic crisis and the subsequent lagging economic recovery renewed the immigration debate […]
October 10, 2014
Why aging and working makes us happy – in four charts
By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova In the past few years, economists and other social scientists have made great strides […]
November 13, 2013
What predicts a successful life?
How much of adult well-being is determined by childhood influences? The answer to this question is very important to policy-makers […]
September 27, 2013
Unmet expectations: Why we are unhappy during midlife
Human beings are happy when they are in the mid-20s and when they are hitting the 60s, but they experience […]
August 22, 2013
Men like child care at least as much as women do
In March of 2012, The New York Times (NYT) website ran the headline, “Do Women Like Child Care More than […]
February 20, 2013
Smoking bans make (some) smokers happy
A recent IZA Discussion Paper by Reto Odermatt and Alois Stutzer shows that smoking bans increase the happiness of smokers […]