Social capital and subjective well-being
Essential readings
Becchetti, L., Pelloni, A., Rossetti, F. (2008). Relational Goods, Sociability, and Happiness. Kyklos 61 (3), 343-363
This paper empirically investigates the impact of relational goods on individual life satisfaction...
Bartolini, S., Bilancini, E., Pugno, M. (2008). Did the Decline in Social Capital Decrease American Happiness? A Relational Explanation of the Happiness Paradox. University of Siena Dept of Economics working paper 513
Most popular explanations of the happiness paradox cannot fully account for the lack of growth in U...
Sabatini, F. (2011). Can a click buy a little happiness? The impact of business-to-consumer e-commerce on subjective well-being. MPRA Paper 32393
This paper presents the first empirical investigation into the effect of e-shopping on subjective...
Important readings
Bjørnskov, C.(2003). The Happy Few. Cross-Country Evidence on Social Capital and Life Satisfaction
I examine why the populations of certain countries are so much more satisfied with their lives than...
Bruni, L. (2012). The Wound and the Blessing: Economics, Relationships, and Happiness. New York: New City Press
The crisis that market societies are undergoing is essentially a crisis of relationships. It...
Sabatini, F., Sarracino, F. (2014). Online networks and subjective well-being. MPRA Paper 56436.
Does Facebook make people lonely and unhappy? Empirical studies have produced conflicting results...
Reading list archive
Steiner, L., Leinert, L., Frey, B. S. (2010). Economics, Religion and Happiness. zfwu Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik 11/1, S9–24
This survey intends to portray the two main approaches of economic research on religion. The first...
Takahashi, K., Thuy, N.T.M., Poudel, K.C., Sakisaka, K., Jimba, M., Yasuoka, J. (2011). Social capital and life satisfaction: A cross-sectional study on persons with musculoskeletal impairments in Hanoi, Vietnam. BMC Public Health 11, art. 206
Background Social capital has been recognized as a major social determinant of health, but less...
Trentacosti, F. (2011). Social Capital, Happiness and Social Networking Sites. Surfing Alone: do countries with higher numbers of users in online communities have higher happiness levels? Msc Dissertation in Development Economics, University of Sussex
Fabrizio Trentacosti MSc Development Economics – University of Sussex Supervisor: Dr....
Winkelmann, R. (2008). Unemployment, Social Capital, and Subjective Well-Being. Journal of Happiness Studies 10 (4), 421-430
It has been shown in past research that unemployment has a large negative impact on subjective well...
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