Why do economists study happiness?
Why do economists study happiness?
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DOI：
10.1177/1035304617717130
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发表时间：
2017-09-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Piekalkiewicz, Marcin
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作者：
Piekalkiewicz, Marcin
最近，经济学家对研究幸福的决定因素表现出越来越大的兴趣。他们的主要任务是确定幸福的经济和非经济来源，以确定旨在最大限度地提高各国幸福的政策。到目前为止，人们还没有确切地解释为什么幸福经济学实际上是经济科学的一部分。在这篇文章中，我们表明，幸福可以是一个经济概念，提供了一个重要的审查文献（a）经济应用的幸福数据和（B）经济后果的幸福。幸福数据已被用于分析微观经济现象和评估非市场商品。幸福可以作为经济成果的一个决定因素：它提高生产力，预测一个人未来的收入，并影响劳动力市场的表现。越来越多的幸福研究表明，人格特质在理解幸福与经济成果之间的联系方面发挥着作用。
Recently economists have expressed increasing interest in studying the determinants of happiness. Their main task has been to identify economic and non-economic sources of well-being to define policies aimed at maximising happiness in nations. As yet, it has not been precisely explained why happiness economics' is actually a part of economic science. In this article, we show that happiness can be an economic concept providing a critical review of the literature on (a) economic applications of happiness data and (b) economic consequences of happiness. Happiness data have been used to analyse microeconomic phenomena and to value non-market goods. Happiness may act as a determinant of economic outcomes: it increases productivity, predicts one's future income and affects labour market performance. A growing number of happiness studies indicate a role of personality traits in understanding the link between well-being and economic outcomes.