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- 11 Sep 2016
- News
How to Get More Pleasure Out of Retirement Spending
- February 2011
- Article
It's the Recipient That Counts: Spending Money on Strong Social Ties Leads to Greater Happiness Than Spending on Weak Social Ties
By: Lara B. Aknin, Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
Previous research has shown that spending money on others (prosocial spending) increases happiness. But, do the happiness gains depend on who the money is spent on? Sociologists have distinguished between strong ties with close friends and family and weak...
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Aknin, Lara B., Gillian M. Sandstrom, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "It's the Recipient That Counts: Spending Money on Strong Social Ties Leads to Greater Happiness Than Spending on Weak Social Ties." PLoS ONE 6, no. 2 (February 2011): e17018.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that...
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Keywords:
Spending;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Happiness;
Motivation and Incentives;
Welfare;
Uganda;
Canada
Aknin, Lara B., Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James, and Michael I. Norton. "Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-038, September 2010.
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
Think Money Can’t Buy Happiness? Try Spending It Differently
- 28 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?
To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to...
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by Kristen Senz
- 18 May 2013
- News
Money might buy you happiness, if you spend it right
- 23 Sep 2010
- News
How Did You Spend Your Summer Vacation?
were given the gift of a “free” summer as a young MBA student, how and where would you spend it? Any countries you would add to the list of 2011 IXPs? And lest you think all HBS students spent their summers engaged in focused work...
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- 29 Jul 2013
- Video
Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending - Buying Experiences
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending - Investing in Others
- 17 Nov 2009
- News
HBS Faculty on Holiday Consumer Spending
- 24 Oct 2011
- News
Top 'Innovators' Rank Low in R&D Spending
- 04 Jan 2010
- News
Seduced into spending thousands on lottery tickets
- 26 May 2010
- News
Government Spending May Hurt the Private Sector
- 18 Oct 2010
- News
What Not to Spend Your Time On
- 24 Oct 2018
- News
Is Retail Dying? Plus, How Are Companies Spending their Tax Cuts?
- 1986
- Other Unpublished Work
Block Grants and the Accountability of Capital Spending
By: Dutch Leonard and Howard L. Frant
- January 1, 2002
- Guest Column
Spending Hours to Save a Few Dollars?
By: M. H. Bazerman
Bazerman, M. H. "Spending Hours to Save a Few Dollars?" Bottom Line (January 1, 2002), pages 3–4. (short piece.)
- 29 Apr 2021
- News
Stop Spending Time on Things You Hate
- 16 Aug 2013
- Video