Did the Decline in Social Capital Decrease American Happiness? A Relational Explanation of the Happiness Paradox
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Keywords
happiness; social capital; economic growth; relational goods; instrinsic motivations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2007-08-18 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HPE-2007-08-18 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2007-08-18 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LTV-2007-08-18 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
- NEP-SOC-2007-08-18 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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