an article by Andrew Clark, Sarah Flèche, Richard Layard, Nick Powdthavee and George Ward (Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, London, UK) published in CentrePiece Volume 22 Number 1 (Spring 2017)
Abstract
Understanding the key determinants of people’s life satisfaction makes it possible to
suggest policies for how best to reduce misery and promote well-being. A forthcoming book by Richard Layard and colleagues discusses evidence on the origins of happiness in survey data from Australia, Germany, the UK and the United States.
CentrePiece article full text (PDF)
Further reading
Richard Easterlin (1974) ‘Does Economic
Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some
Empirical Evidence’, in Nations and
Households in Economic Growth: Essays in
Honor of Moses Abramovitz edited by Paul
David and Melvin Reder, Academic Press.
Sarah Flèche (2016) ‘Teacher Quality, Test
Scores and Non-cognitive Skills: Evidence
from Primary School Teachers in the UK’,
CEP mimeo.
Richard Layard and David M Clark (2014)
Thrive: The Power of Evidence-based
Psychological Therapies, Penguin.
OECD (1962) ‘Policy Conference on Economic
Growth and Investment in Education,
Washington, 16th-20th October 1961: Targets
for Education in Europe in 1970’, paper
by Ingvar Svennilson in association with
Friedrich Edding and Lionel Elvin.
Theodore Schultz (1961) ‘Investment in
Human Capital’, American Economic Review
51(1): 1-17.
George Ward (2015) ‘Is Happiness
a Predictor of Election Results?’,
CEP Discussion Paper No. 1343.
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