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Well-Being : The Relationship between Utilitarian Philosopphy and Utility Maximisation in Economics

Stern, Jon - 2022

Utilitarianism was a major philosophical movement of the nineteenth century which focused on maximising the happiness … utilitarians, including John Stuart Mill, were also early economists, but they largely rejected the use of utilitarianism in their … over the next 80 years had surprisingly little in common with utilitarian philosophy. In philosophy, utilitarianism went …

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Unemployment and subjective well-being : comparing younger and older job seekers

Pultz, Sabina; Teasdale, Thomas William - In: Scandinavian journal of work and organizational … 2 (2017) 1/10, pp. 1-12

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The economics of happiness and anger in North Africa

Chamlou, Nadereh - 2014

Economics has rediscovered happiness even though the discipline has always been about human wellbeing. A growing evidence suggests that happier people can be more productive and innovative, which leads to profitability and economic growth. Thus, there are concerted efforts to measure happiness...

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Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Well-Being of Nations

Lawson, Robert A. - 2011

In this essay, Lawson describes the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) project that quantifies the connections between economic freedom, political freedom, and economic performance by capturing and distilling the key elements of economic freedom within a single index

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Economic Freedom and Life Satisfaction : A Cross Country Analysis

Graafland, Johan - 2012

This paper estimates the relationship between various sub-indicators of economic freedom and life satisfaction for 122 countries. The estimation results show that life satisfaction is positively related to the quality of the legal system and protection of property rights. For poor countries,...

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Institutional Origins of Subjective Well-Being : Estimating the Effects of Economic Freedom on National Happiness

Spruk, Rok - 2017

We exploit the cross-country differences in economic freedom to examine the link between the quality of institutions and subjective well-being. Using Veenhoven's happiness dataset, the evidence suggests countries with better economic institutions and higher level of economic freedom, captured by...

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Does capitalism disfavor women? : evidence from life satisfaction

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023

There is widespread concern, especially in certain feminist circles, that a market-oriented economic system, or capitalism, disfavors women. This could take many forms, such as lower wages for the same type of work, reduced career opportunities, disparities in ownership and the upholding of...

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Well-Being and Economic Freedom : Evidence from the States

Hafer, Rik W. - 2012

There is ample evidence that well-being, measured in various ways, is positively related to economic freedom across countries. Does this relationship hold at the sub-national level? Answering that question is the purpose of this study. Using regression analysis, we test whether economic freedom...

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The animal-welfare levy

Espinosa, Romain; Treich, Nicolas - 2024

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William Stanley Jevons and Francis Ysidro Edgeworth : two pioneers of happiness economics

Ansa Eceiza, Miren Maite; Gómez-García, Francisco - In: Iberian journal of the history of economic thought : IJHET 6 (2019) 2, pp. 175-187

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