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Conferences
on Social Well-Being
Second Workshop on Capabilities and Happiness
The Workshop will be held at the University of Milano-Bicocca,
and is organised by the Department of Economics of the University
of Milano-Bicocca e by the Capability and Sustainability Centre,
St. Edmund College, Cambridge. Follow
the link to learn further details and to submit a paper.
Social
capital and well-being
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, John F. Kennedy
School of Government November 2003.This conference brings together
scholars (economists, political scientists, psychologists, sociologists)
who have been doing empirical research on the determinants and
social context of subjective well-being ("happiness").
The
Paradoxes of Happiness in Economics
Department of Economics, University of Milano-Bicocca, March
2003. The Conference wants to explore deeper what lies behind
the “paradoxes of happiness”. Which are the real
paradoxes of happiness, apart from the ‘classical' paradox
of more income and less (or not enough) happiness? Which ones
are important for economics? The
Contribution of Human and Social Capital to Sustained Economic
Growth and Well-Being
Symposium organized by the Human Resources
Development Canada and by the OECD, March, 2000
Essential materials
for the study of happiness and subjective well-being can be
found also on the following websites:
Journal
of
Happiness Studies
An Interdisciplinary Forum on Subjective Well-Being.
World
Database of Happiness
an ongoing register of scientific research on subjective appreciation
of life. The website is edited by Ruuth
Veenhoven of the Erasmus University Rotterdam |
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Social Interactions and Happiness
Social Interactions,
Rationality and Happiness
Starting from the assumption that well-being depends not
only on private goods' consumption, but also on the satisfaction
of relational needs,
this section focuses on the role of social interactions and social
capital in improving people's quality
of life and in affecting the agents' behaviour.
Suggested readings address topics like the building of new paradigms
of rationality (taking
into the appropriate account the agents' social needs), the relational
dimension of economic action, and the theoretical analysis of the
environmental and social determinants of subjective well-being.
Empirical investigations on such topics are collected in the section
devoted to Empirical studies on the
social determinants of well-being.
This page is under construction: comments and suggestions are
welcome.
Essential readings
Further readings
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Essential Readings
Bruni,
L. (2004), A
History of Happiness in Economics, London and New York, Routledge.
Diener,
E., Suh, E.M. (2000), Culture
and Subjective Well-Being, Cambridge, Ma, MIT Press.
Frey,
B.S. (1997), Not
Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation,
Cheltenham, Edward Elgar.
Frey,
B.S., Stutzer, A. (2003), What
Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research?, Forthcoming in
the Journal of Economic Literature.
Gui,
B. (2000), Beyond
Transactions: On the Interpersonal Dimension of Economic Reality,
in Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 71, 2, 139-169.
Heliwell,
J. (2001), Social
Capital, The Economy and Well-Being, The Review of Economic
Performance and Progress, 01-3, 43-60.
Helliwell,
J., Putnam, R.D. (2004), The
Social Context of Well-Being, Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society (London), Series B, 359: 1435-1446 (31 August
2004).
Hollis, M. (1998), Trust
Within Reason, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Kahneman,
D., Diener, E., Schwartz, N. (eds) (1999), Well-Being
: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology, New York, Russel Sage
Foundation.
Sudgen, R. (2000), Team
Preferences, Economics and Philosophy, n. 16, pp.175-204.
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Further Readings
Adriani, F., Becchetti, L. (2003),
The
Paradox of Unhappiness of Socially Responsible Consumer and the
Welfare Effects of the Creation of a Fair Trade Market, Paper
presented at the Conference
The Paradoxes of Happiness in Economics, 21-23 March
2003 Department of Economics, University of Milano-Bicocca.
Ahuvia, A.C. (2002), Individualism/Collectivism
and Cultures of Happiness: A Theoretical Conjecture on the Relationship
between Consumption, Culture and Subjective Well-Being at the National
Level, Journal of Happiness Studies
3 (1): 23-36, 2002.
Alkire, S., Daneulin, S. (1999), Individual
motivation, its nature, determinants and consequences for within
group behavior, presented at the conference on “Institutions,
Groups and Development”, Helsinki, 9-11th September 1999.
Antoci, A., Borghesi, S. (2000), Working
Too Much in a Polluted World: A North-South Evolutionary Model,
Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università
degli Studi di Siena, n. 334.
Argyle,
M. (1999), Causes and Correlates of Happiness, in Kahneman, D.,
Diener, E., Schwartz, N. (eds), Well-Being
: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology, New York, Russel Sage
Foundation.
Ash, C. (1999), Social-Self-Interest,
Reading University Business School Working Paper No. 396, Vol. XI
(1998/1999).
Battaglini, M., Bénabou, R., Tirole, J. (2003), Self-Control
in Peer Groups, forhtcoming in the Journal of Economic Theory.
Bénabou, R., Tirole, J. (2001), Self-Knowledge
and Self-Regulation: An Economic Approach, in Brocas, I. and
Carillo, J. (eds), The Psychology of Economic Decisions: Volume
One: Rationality and Well-Being, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
Bénabou, R., Tirole, J. (2003), Intrinsic
and Extrinsic Motivation, Review of Economic Studies, 70(3)
(2003), 489-520.
Bénabou, R., Tirole, J. (2004), Belief
in a Just World and Redistributive Politics, Princeton University
and Institut d’Economie Industrielle, mimeo.
Bénabou, R., Tirole, J. (2005), Incentives
and Prosocial Behavior, IZA Discussion Paper No. 1695, Institute
for the Study of Labour.
Bloch, F., Genicot, G., Ray, D. (2005), Informal
Insurance in Social Networks, Georgetown University, mimeo.
Bosco, L. (2005), Happiness,
Social Preferences and Economic Policy, Working Paper No. 459,
University of Siena, Department of Economics.
Bruni, L. (2000), Ego
Facing Alter: How Economists have Depicted Human Interactions,
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 71, Issue 2, Page
285.
Bruni, L. (2002), Felicità
e Scienza Economica. Storia, problemi aperti e spunti teorici,
Working Paper No. 48, Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Università
di Milano "Bicocca".
Bruni, L. (2002), Hic
Sunt Leones. The Missing Link of Interpersonal Relationships in
the Tradition of Economics, Department of Economics, University
of Milano Bicocca.
Bruni,
L. (2002), L’economia e i paradossi della felicità,
in P.L. Sacco e S. Zamagni (a cura di), Complessità
relazionale e comportamento economico. Materiali per un nuovo paradigma
di razionalità, Bologna, Il Mulino.
Bruni,
L., Zamagni, S. (2004), Economia
Civile. Efficienza, equità, felicità pubblica,
Bologna, Il Mulino.
Brunori, L. (2003), Relational
Goods in Society, Mind and Brain: Between Neurons and Happiness,
Group Analysis, December 2003, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 515-525(11).
De Gier, E. (2003), The
Information Society And The Solidarity Contract Challenges for Social
Policy in the Age of Information and Globalisation, Paper presented
at the Conference
Sustainable Ties in the Information Society, Tilburg
University, March, 2003.
Diener,
E., Seligman, M.E.P. (2004), Beyond
Money. Toward an Economy of Well-Being, Psychological Science
in the Public Interest, Vol. 5 Issue 1 Page 1.
Diener,
E., Suh, E.M., Lucas, R.E., Smith, H.L. (1999), Subjective
Well-Being: Three Decades of Progress, Psychological Bulletin,
1999, Vol. 125, No. 2, 276-302.
Easterlin,
R.A. (2003), Building
a Better Theory of Well-Being, IZA Discussion Paper Series,
n.742.
Easterlin,
R.A. (2003), Explaining
Happiness, Department of Economics, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles.
Egas, M.. Riedl, A. (2005), The
Economics of Altruistic Punishment and the Demise of Cooperation,
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1646, Institute for the Study of Labour.
Elster,
J. (1989), Social
Norms and Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
3 (4): 99-117.
Elster,
J. (1996), Rationality
and the Emotions, The Economic Journal, 106 (438) : 1386-1397.
Diener,
E., Eunkook, M.S., Lucas, R.E., Smith, H.L. (1999), Subjective
Well-Being: Three Decades of Progress, Psychological Bulletin,
1999, Vol. 125, No. 2, 276-302.
Frank,
R.H. (1987), If
Homo Economicus Could Choose His Own Utility Function, Would He
Want One with a Conscience?, American Economic Review, Vol.
77, Issue 4, 593-604,
Frey,
B.S., Meyer, S. (2002), Pro-Social
Behavior, Reciprocity or Both?, Institute for Empirical Research
in Economics, University of Zurich, Working Paper No. 107.
Frey, B.S., Stutzer, A. (2001),
Maximizing
Happiness?, German Economic Review Volume 1(Issue 2) (May 2000):
S. 145-167.
Frey, B.S., Stutzer, A. (2002),
Beyond
Outcomes. Measuring Procedural Utility, Institute for Empirical
Research in Economics, University of Zurich, mimeo.
Frey,
B.S., Stutzer, A. (2003), Economic
Consequences of Mispredicting Utility, Paper presented at the
Conference
on Well-Being and Social Capital, Weatherhead Center
for International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government
November 2003.
Frey,
B.S., Stutzer, A. (2003), Testing
Theories of Happiness, Institute for Empirical Research in Economics,
University of Zurich, Working Paper No. 147.
Gintis,
H. (1998), The
Individual in Economic Theory: A Research Agenda, University
of Massachussets, Department of Economics, mimeo.
Gintis,
H. Romer, P. (1998), The
Human Side of Economic Analysis: Economic Environments and the Evolution
of Norms and Preferences, University of Massachussets, Department
of Economics, mimeo.
Glaeser,
E.L., Laibson, D., Sacerdote, B. (2002), An
Economic Approach to Social Capital, The Economic Journal, November
2002, vol. 112, no. 483, pp. 437-458(22).
Gui,
B. (2002), Più che scambi, incontri. La teoria economica
alle prese con i fenomeni interpersonali, in Sacco, P.L. e Zamagni,
S. (a cura di), Complessità
relazionale e comportamento economico. Materiali per un nuovo paradigma
di razionalità, Bologna, Il Mulino.
Healy, T. (2005), In
Each Other’s Shadow. What has been the impact of human and
social capital on life satisfaction in Ireland?, A Thesis submitted
in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
at the National University of
Ireland.
Heliwell,
J.F. (2003), Well-Being
and Social Capital: Does Suicide Pose a Puzzle?, Paper presented
at the Conference
Social Capital and Well-Being, Harvard University, Weatherhead
Center for International Affairs, November 7-9, 2003.
Jaeger,
W.K. (2004), Status
Seeking and Social Welfare: Is There Virtue in Vanity?, Social
Science Quarterly, Volume 85 Issue 2 Page 361.
Kahneman,
D. (1994), New challenges to the rationality assumption, Journal
of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 150, 1836.
Keely,
L.C. (2003), Why
Isn't Growth Making Us Happier? Utility on the Hedonic Treadmill,
University of Wisconsin, Department of Economics, mimeo.
Konow,
J. (2004), Mixed
Feelings: Theories and Evidence of Warm Glow and Altruism, Department
of Economics, Loyola Marymount University, mimeo.
Konow,
J., Early, J. (2003), The
Hedonistic Paradox: Is Homo Economicus Happier?, Department
of Economics, Loyola Marymount University, mimeo.
Lane, R.E. (2000), The
Loss of Happiness in the Market Democracies, New Haven, Yale
University Press.
Layard, R. (2003), Happiness:
Has Social Science a Clue?, Lionel Robbins Memorial Lectures
2002/3, London School of Economics, 3rd-5th March, 2003.
Mckee, A. (2004), Views
On Happiness In The Television Series Ally Mcbeal: The Philosophy
Of David E Kelley, Journal of Happiness Studies, 5 (4): 385-411,
2004.
Okuno-Fujiwara, M. (2002), Social
Relations and Endogenous Culture, Japanese Economic Review,
Volume 53 Issue 1 Page 1.
Persky, J. (1995), The
Ethology of Homo Economicus, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Vol. (Year): 9 (1995), Issue 2 (Spring), 221-31.
Pugno, M. (2005), Capabilites,
The Self and Well-Being: A Research in Psycho-Economics, Discussion
Paper No.18-2005, University of Trento, Department of Economics.
Rabin, M. (1996), Psychology
and Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Department
of Economics, mimeo.
Read, D. (2004), Utility
theory from Jeremy Bentham to Daniel Kahneman, Working Paper
No: LSEOR 04-64, Department of Operational Research, London School
of Economics.
Rothstein, B. (1998), Just
Institutions Matter: The Moral and Political Logic of The Universal
Welfare State, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
Sacco, P.L., Zamagni, S. (eds),
Complessità
relazionale e comportamento economico. Materiali per un nuovo paradigma
di razionalità, Bologna, Il Mulino.
Sally, D. (2000), A
general theory of sympathy, mind-reading, and social interaction,
with an application to the Prisoners' Dilemma, Social Science
Information, December 2000, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 567-634(68).
Sally, D.F. (2001), On
Sympathy And Games, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,
Vol. 44, No. 1, January.
Savage, J., Kanazawa, S. (2004),
Social
Capital and the Human Psyche: Why Is Social Life “Capital”?,
Sociological Theory, September 2004, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 504-524(21).
Sugden, R. (2002), Beyond
sympathy and empathy: Adam Smith's concept of fellow-feeling,
Economics and Philosophy, 18:63-87.
Thaler, R.H. (2000), From
Homo Economicus to Homo Sapiens, Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Vol. 14, No. 1, Winter 2000, 133-141.
Varelius, J. (2004), Objective
Explanations of Individual Well-being, Journal of Happiness
Studies, 5 (1): 73-91, 2004.
Welsch, H. (2003), Freedom
and Rationality as Predictors of Cross-National Happiness Patterns:
The Role of Income as a Mediating Variable, Journal of Happiness
Studies, 4 (3): 295-321, 2003.
White, M.D. (2003), Reconciling
homo economicus and John Dewey's ethics, Journal of Economic
Methodology, Vol. 10, Number 2 / June 2003, 223-243.
Wintrobe, R. (2003), Can
Suicide Bomber Be Rational?, University of Western Ontario,
Department of Economics, mimeo.
Zamagni, S. (1994), Economia
e filosofia, Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze
Economiche, mimeo.
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