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Handbook on the economics of leisure
Cameron, Samuel (ed.) - 2011
This interdisciplinary Handbook combines both mainstream and heterodox economics to assess the nature, scope and importance of leisure activities. Surprisingly, the field of leisure economics is not, thus far, a particularly integrated or coherent one. In this Handbook a wide ranging body of...
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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851998
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Work and television
Corneo, Giacomo - 2002
In OECD countries watching television is by far the most time-consuming form of leisure. Surprisingly, television viewing is positively correlated with work hours across countries. A simple model based on the notion of aggregate strategic complementarities in social leisure is developed which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514093
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On the research value of large games : natural experiments in Norrath and Camelot
Castronova, Edward (contributor) - 2005
Games like EverQuest and Dark Age of Camelot occasionally produce natural experiments in social science: situations that, through no intent of the designer, offer controlled variations on a phenomenon of theoretical interest. This paper examines two examples, both of which involve the theory of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003299019
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Happiness, economics and politics : towards a multi-disciplinary approach
Dutt, Amitava Krishna (contributor);  … - 2009
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
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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015 - Revised
This paper studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations report such high levels of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries' happiness; Britain and the US enter further down; some nations do unexpectedly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405676
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697413
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Inequality and happiness : when perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match
Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010
social mobility increases. Using data on happiness and a broad set of fairness measures from the World Values Survey, we find … satisfaction ; subjective well-being ; inequality ; income distribution ; redistribution ; political ideology ; justice ; fairness … ; World Values Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697799
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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: August 2, 2012
satisfaction ; quality of life ; Easterlin Paradox ; adaptation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690734
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Subjective well-being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: April 16, 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
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