Arbeitspapier
Pursuing happiness
While research on subjective well-being abounds, comparatively little thought has been given to its practical policy implications. Two approaches to derive policy advice have emerged in the literature: One is organized in terms of the idea to maximize a hedonic social welfare function, the other focuses on the design of constitutional rules to facilitate the individuals' self-determined pursuit of happiness. We suggest to substantiate what it means to pursue happiness, in particular by drawing upon a psychologically informed account of preference learning. If extended in this direction, a notion of the pursuit of happiness has interesting practical policy implications.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Papers on Economics and Evolution ; No. 1201
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Consumer Economics: Theory
Welfare Economics: General
- Thema
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subjective well-being
happiness
welfare economics
preference learning
Lebensqualität
Zufriedenheit
Wirtschaftspolitik
Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion
Präferenztheorie
Lernprozess
Theorie
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Schubert, Christian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Max Planck Institute of Economics
- (wo)
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Jena
- (wann)
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2012
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Schubert, Christian
- Max Planck Institute of Economics
Entstanden
- 2012