It is widely accepted that economics has changed significantly since the 1970s with the development of new data sources, new methods of analysis and the computer. This paper argues that this transformation of the discipline involves more than just a rise of empirical work: it involves a new...

Dieses Buch unterstützt Studierende bei der Anfertigung wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten mit einem quantitativen Fokus. Mittels Best-Practice-Beispielen aus Masterarbeiten werden das wissenschaftliche Vorgehen sowie die Anwendung unterschiedlicher quantitativer Methoden anwendungsnah präsentiert....

What makes people happy in life? This crucial question has the potential to shake up economics. In recent years, dissatisfaction with the understanding of welfare in economics and new opportunities for empirical study of people's subjective well-being have spurred impressive and stimulating new...

Reviews of the new approach. What can economists learn from happiness research? / Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer -- Developments in the measurement of subjective well-being / Daniel Kahneman and Alan B. Krueger -- Hedonic psychology and the ambiguities of "welfare" / Mark Kelman -- Economic...

This timely and important book presents a unique study of happiness from both economic and political perspectives. It offers an overview of contemporary research on the emergent field of happiness studies and contains contributions by some of the leading figures in the field