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- 19 Dec 2013
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How Money Affects Happiness
- 20 Oct 2022
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Envy, the Happiness Killer
- 15 Apr 2021
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How to Buy Happiness
- September 2021
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Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness
By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus and Ashley V. Whillans
There is widespread consensus that income and subjective well-being are linked, but when and why they are connected is subject to ongoing debate. We draw on prior research that distinguishes between the frequency and intensity of happiness to suggest that higher income...
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Jachimowicz, Jon M., Ruo Mo, Adam Eric Greenberg, Bertus Jeronimus, and Ashley V. Whillans. "Income More Reliably Predicts Frequent Than Intense Happiness." Social Psychological & Personality Science 12, no. 7 (September 2021): 1294–1306.
- 16 Jul 2013
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Happy Money, The Science of Smarter Spending
- 24 Apr 2015
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Happiness Has A Half-Life
- 24 Oct 2017
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Cashing Out For Happiness
- 01 Jul 2021
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The Happy Patriot, the Unhappy Nationalist
- 12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 28 Sep 2016
- Webinars: Career
5 Happiness Hacks That Drive Productivity, Sales, and Creativity
According to Harvard Business Review, happy people are 37% more productive, have 31% higher sales, and are three times more creative than their peers. In this webinar, Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007) provides models to create lasting happiness including building diverse...
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- 15 Sep 2020
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Is Happiness at Work Really Attainable?
- 20 Sep 2010
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Busy bodies, happy minds
- 17 Nov 2017
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Cashing Out For Happiness
- 19 Nov 2020
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Music, Medicine, and Happiness
- 01 Mar 2018
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Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
greater overall satisfaction with their lives. One of the things we are working on now is understanding how decisions about time, money, and happiness play out in the context of romantic relationships. What is the optimal way you and your...
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April White
- 13 Feb 2014
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Happy Valentine's Day: Matchmaking Carries Its Own Rewards
- 28 Jul 2022
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How to Be Happy in a Recession
- March 24, 2020
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Delayed Negative Effects of Prosocial Spending on Happiness
By: Armin Falk and Thomas Graeber
Does prosocial behavior promote happiness? We test this longstanding hypothesis in a behavioral experiment that extends the scope of previous research. In our Saving a Life paradigm, every participant either saved one human life in expectation by triggering a targeted...
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Falk, Armin, and Thomas Graeber. "Delayed Negative Effects of Prosocial Spending on Happiness." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 12 (March 24, 2020): 6463–6468.
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Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness
By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
We examine whether a positive feedback loop exists between spending money on others (i.e. prosocial spending) and happiness. Participants recalled a previous purchase made for either themselves or someone else and then reported their happiness. Afterward, participants...
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Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion: Evidence for a Positive Feedback Loop between Prosocial Spending and Happiness." Journal of Happiness Studies 13, no. 2 (April 2012): 347–355.
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Action Plan: Happy Honey
Raise Happy Bees Stay out of the experts’ way. “Don’t stand in the beeline,” Price says—the path bees take in and out of the hive as they go about their work. Humans might take a tip from bees’ innate organizational skills, he says, which...
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Amy Rogers Nazarov