We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey … of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively … pressure in recent years is positively related to economists' life satisfaction. An explanation is that economists have …

We document economists' opinions about what is worth knowing and ask (i) which research objectives economic research … economic researchers who publish in English. We report three main findings. First, economists’ opinions are vastly … economics as a field does not appreciate and work on what economists collectively prefer. …

Most professional economists believe that economists in general are more selfish than other persons and that this … particular behavior of economists can be explained by a selection effect. …

This paper examines whether policymakers, economists at the Israeli Finance Ministry, act in their personal pension … economists' decisions regarding three other important decisions such as buying an apartment, a car and a large appliance, are … specialized policymakers (economists in the Pension Division) and general policymakers (economists in all other Divisions) showing …

Updating the study by Seiler and Wohlrabe (2013) we use archetypoid analysis to classify top economists. The approach … from 776 top economists we identify four archetypoids. These types represent solid, low, top and diligent performer. Each …

profession and analyzes the number and type of awards received by the 1,200 leading economists included in Who's Who in Economics …