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Happiness economics is a branch in behavioral economics, where it explores the economics factors and consequences of happy humans. What makes people happier, and what benefits do we get when people are happier? This dossier introduces you to the field of happiness economics, from a review of economic factors proposed to influence people’s happiness, to a discussion of the economic consequences of happiness, and concludes with economic policy implications of happiness economics. 2020 Level: beginner Happiness Economics. Does the Easterlin paradox stand? Siyu Wang Pluralist Economics Fellowship This course will introduce key concepts, theories and methods from socioeconomics. The first part of the course, will deal with the main economic actors and how their interactions are governed. Markets are seen as sets of social institutions. Institutions shape how consumers, firms and other economic actors behave. While it is difficult to understand how novelty emerges, we can study the conditions that are conducive to innovation. We will review how economic performance, social progress and human wellbeing are measured and what progress has been made. In the second part of the course, we will study a specific macroeconomic model that accounts for biophysical boundaries and inequality. 2020 Level: advanced Foundations in Socioeconomics Prof. Dr. Sigrid Stagl University of Vienna As the global economic landscape evolves, demographics shift, inequality expands, climate change gets worse and technology continues to advance at breakneck speed, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is struggling to stay relevant. 2021 Level: beginner Beyond GDP - Wellbeing Economy, Happiness Index and the postgrowth debate Anna Murphy , Dr. Fred K. Muhumuza Exploring Economics This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. 2007 Level: advanced Handbook on the Economics of Happiness Luigino Bruni, Pier Luigi Porta Edward Elgar This invaluable volume brings together seminal articles with a significant behavioural content on various areas in macroeconomics. 2012 Level: advanced Behavioural Macroeconomics Ian Martin McDonald Edward Elgar

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