The happiness of economists: Estimating the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well-being
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- Haucap, Justus & Heimeshoff, Ulrich, 2014. "The happiness of economists: Estimating the causal effect of studying economics on subjective well-being," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 17(C), pages 85-97.
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Keywords
Happiness; Life Satisfaction; Economists; Students; Economics Education;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists
- A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2014-09-05 (Education)
- NEP-HAP-2014-09-05 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HPE-2014-09-05 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-SOG-2014-09-05 (Sociology of Economics)
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