The happiness revolution in Europe /
Easterlin, Richard A., 1926-2024,
The happiness revolution in Europe / Richard Ainley Easterlin, Kelsey James O'Connor. - 1 online resource (80 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in economics of European integration 2634-0763 .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).
Open Access.
There is now a Happiness Revolution to go along with the earlier Industrial and Demographic Revolutions. The Happiness Revolution is captured using people's happiness scores, as reported in public surveys, whereas the earlier revolutions are reflected by economic production (such as GDP) and life expectancy. Increases in happiness are chiefly due to social-science welfare policies that alleviate people's foremost concerns - those centering on family life, health, and jobs. This Element traces the course of the Happiness Revolution throughout Europe since the 1980s when comprehensive and comparable data on people's happiness first become available. Which countries lead and which lag? How is happiness distributed - are the rich happier than the poor, men than women, old than young, native than foreign born, city than countryfolk? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted happiness? These are among the questions addressed in this Element. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
9781009493697 (ebook)
Happiness--Economic aspects--Europe--20th century.
Happiness--Economic aspects--Europe--21st century.
Quality of life--Economic aspects--Europe--20th century.
Quality of life--Economic aspects--Europe--21st century.
Income distribution--Europe--20th century.
Income distribution--Europe--21st century.
HN374 / .E37 2025
306.094
The happiness revolution in Europe / Richard Ainley Easterlin, Kelsey James O'Connor. - 1 online resource (80 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Cambridge elements. Elements in economics of European integration 2634-0763 .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).
Open Access.
There is now a Happiness Revolution to go along with the earlier Industrial and Demographic Revolutions. The Happiness Revolution is captured using people's happiness scores, as reported in public surveys, whereas the earlier revolutions are reflected by economic production (such as GDP) and life expectancy. Increases in happiness are chiefly due to social-science welfare policies that alleviate people's foremost concerns - those centering on family life, health, and jobs. This Element traces the course of the Happiness Revolution throughout Europe since the 1980s when comprehensive and comparable data on people's happiness first become available. Which countries lead and which lag? How is happiness distributed - are the rich happier than the poor, men than women, old than young, native than foreign born, city than countryfolk? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted happiness? These are among the questions addressed in this Element. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
9781009493697 (ebook)
Happiness--Economic aspects--Europe--20th century.
Happiness--Economic aspects--Europe--21st century.
Quality of life--Economic aspects--Europe--20th century.
Quality of life--Economic aspects--Europe--21st century.
Income distribution--Europe--20th century.
Income distribution--Europe--21st century.
HN374 / .E37 2025
306.094