Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
What makes people happy in life? This is a crucial question that has the potential to shake up economics. In recent … years, the dissatisfaction with the understanding of welfare in economics together with the new opportunities to empirically …. The economics of happiness has emerged as one of the most thriving areas in current economic research. This introductory …