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10/11/2005 - 10/11/2005 | Mannheim

Professor Richard A. Easterlin: Life Cycle Happiness and Its Sources - Why Psychology and Economics Need Each Other

ZUMA Kolloquium - 11. Oktober 2005

Professor Richard A. Easterlin, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

"Life Cycle Happiness and Its Sources - Why Psychology and Economics Need Each Other "

If one maintains an intact marriage and good health into old age he or she will probably be happier than at age 20 - the pure effect of aging dominates the trend in happi-ness. But for the average person changing life circumstances override the effect of aging - happiness rises slightly to midlife and then de¬clines.

This analysis supports a "bottom-up" theory of life cycle happiness. It supports neither an economic model in which happiness depends only on objective conditions nor the strong setpoint model of psychology in which ob¬jective conditions have a negligible effect. Rather, it points to the need for collaborative work between psychologists and economists on models encompassing both external conditions and internal psychological processes.

Information on participating / attending:

Date:

10/11/2005 16:15 - 10/11/2005 18:15

Event venue:

ZUMA - Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen
B2,1 Konferenzraum
68159 Mannheim
68159 Mannheim
Baden-Württemberg
Germany

Target group:

Scientists and scholars

Email address:

noll@zuma-mannheim.de

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

Economics / business administration, Social studies

Types of events:

Entry:

10/05/2005

Sender/author:

Kerstin Hollerbach

Department:

PR & Web

GESIS - Gesellschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Infrastruktureinrichtungen

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event15043

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