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sadness remains stable over most of adulthood and begins to increase in old age. In addition, the effects of age on happiness … were investigated; the cross-sectional evidence speaks for a steady decrease in happiness across age groups, but within …-person decline in happiness was only evident in old age. Together the findings provide further evidence for multidirectional age …
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The hypothesis of non-satiation of rational choice theory is very seldom posed under scrutiny, maybe because it is … psychology, we find out that non-satiation is indeed not a natural feature of human beings, but a challenge to their happiness …
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reactions of our participants, we explore the role of affect in the relation of taxation and decision making. Hence, we are able …
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Economic measures of income have ignored large areas of human well-being and are poor measures of well-being in the areas to which they attend. Despite increased recognition of those distortions, ‘GNP per capita continues to be regarded as the quintessential indicator of a country’s living...
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It has often been claimed that it is impossible to measure human capabilities but within the methodological conventions of household survey design, we show that some non-financial capability indicators do already exist and we demonstrate how similar indicators, covering a wide range of life...
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which these capabilities are co-variates of a life satisfaction measure of utility (happiness) and finds that many are …
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Subjective well-being (SWB) indicators, such as positive and negative emotions, life evaluations, and assessments of having purpose and meaning and life are increasingly used alongside income, employment, and consumption measures to provide a more comprehensive view of human progress. SWB...
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Disaster risk and subsequent loss and damage in Asia are increasing at an alarming rate, threatening socioeconomic gains. Arresting this rapid increase in exposure requires risk-informed development and urban planning - a challenging proposition complicated by multiple economic and political...
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We investigate the motives of pro-social behavior in collective decisions in an economic experiment. It compares individual behavior in private and collective decisions in a unified experimental setup. Subjects are given an individual endowment and have to decide how much of it to donate to...
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This paper analyzes determinants of technology acceptance and their interdependence. It highlights the role of affect … technology that could be used to counteract global warming. We show that affect is more important than risk and benefit … perception in forming judgment about SAI. Negative and positive affect directly alter the perception of risks and benefits of SAI …
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