In this paper we try to understand how the Happiness Literature (HL) approach to Welfare Economics (WE) enriches it by …) but also with the already established Sen’s Capabilities (SC) approach. We demonstrate (particularly for the cases of …

opportunity freedom and the extent of people's capabilities. …

involvement in cognate activities with a parent, indicating a behavioural relationship between capabilities and activities which … is not explicit in Sen's original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A second set of … association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children which seem to suggest …

to involvement in cognate activities with a parent, indicating a behavioural relationship between capabilities and … activities which is not explicit in Sen’s original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A … some cases the association with parenting inputs is stronger. Thirdly, we report happiness regressions for the children …