Revisiting The Easterlin Paradox: What Can We Learn from It?

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Lim, Hock Eam
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: UUM Press 2019
• الموضوعات: HC Economic History and Conditions
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30101/1/JES%2001%2001%202019%2022-30.pdf; https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/30101/; https://e-journal.uum.edu.my/index.php/jes/article/view/12534
• المؤسسة: Universiti Utara Malaysia

This paper examines the Easterlin paradox using empirical and simulated data. The results reveal that the existence of Easterlin paradox could be just due to the rating scale of happiness measurement. The rating scale measurement of self-reported happiness limits the variation of happiness of time s...