... D91 I31 There is a growing tendency for economists to treat individual autonomy (or self-determination) as a dimension of value, complementary with the more familiar values of welfare, efficiency and distributional equality. The idea that autonomy has value is often presented...

... the greatest affinity. (Hume, 1994 , p. 139) B12 D91 I31 The decision to treat the nature of happiness or human flourishing through four monologues – which when read together comprise a kind of dialogue – is significant. The rhetorical form of the essays, which seems to follow the lines...

... Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ . The written permission of Emerald Publishing Limited must be obtained for commercial re-use. Welfare nudging rules fairness D90 I31 I38 There is a statement at the end of Mario Rizzo...

.... and K. J. O’Connor . 2017 . “ Experienced life cycle satisfaction in Europe ”. Review of Behavioral Economics . 4 : 371 – 396 . Embezzlement Corruption Donations Transparency Experiment I31 In a recent article in this journal Morgan and O’Connor (2017) , henceforth MO...

... I31 J10 We thank David G. Blanchflower for his comment (Blanchflower, 2020a), henceforth BC. It cannot be understated how important his work has been, concerning the pattern of life satisfaction over the life cycle and the economics of happiness more broadly. While he obtains a distinct pattern...

... the sense of wellbeing. Happiness Well-being Self-determination Positive thinking Sense of insecurity I31 This study analyzes factors that affect happiness, using the data of 20,000 Japanese nationals. To date, numerous studies on happiness have been conducted in the fields...

... subjective well-being transition countries less developed countries developed countries long-term short-term trends fluctuations I31 D60 O10 O5 In Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend, ¹ Julian Le Grand and Bill New (hereafter LN) provide what...

... must be interpreted in terms of percentage of standard deviation in life satisfaction or other SWB measures. © 2017 C. Senik 2017 C. Senik Licensed re-use rights only Happiness Gender gaps Time-Use Task Diversity Expectations I31 J16 The happiness literature has...

... tradition in modern economics and has supported the work of both Duesenberry and Easterlin. © 2017 J. B. Rosser 2017 J. B. Rosser Licensed re-use rights only Easterlin hypothesis Easterlin paradox demography happiness economics B31 D63 I31 J11 There are very few people who...

... comparative political economy economic growth income happiness life satisfaction subjective well-being transition countries less developed countries developed countries long-term short-term trends fluctuations I31 D60 O10 O5 The Paradox states that at a point in time happiness...

... of Governance Transition Countries Less-Developed Countries I31 I38 H11 H50 P16 E60 O11 Continual debate focuses on government’s role in determining the well-being of its citizens (Booth, 2012 ; NEF, 2012 ; Easterlin, 2013a). There are those who want to increase the role of government...