Scitovsky's The Joyless Economy and the economics of happiness

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 278-303

  Pugno, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

consumption skill; Easterlin paradox; happiness; novelty; Scitovsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894289849     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: 14695936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2012.683028     Document Type: Article

References (88)

1. Agan, Y.A. 2011. Non-cognitive skills and crime, University of Chicago. Available at https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhbWFuZGF5YWdhbnxneDo2YTA4ZDQ3MzYzNWUzNDUz
2. Antoci, A., Sacco, P. L. and Vanin, P. 2007. Social capital accumulation and the evolution of social participation. Journal of Socio-Economics, 36: 128 - 43.
3. Asso, P. F. and Fiorito, L. 2004. Human nature and economic institutions. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 26 (4): 445 - 78.
4. Barrington-Leight, C.P. and Helliwell, J.F. (2008). Empathy and emulation. NBER Working Paper No. 14593
5. Bartolini, S. and Bonatti, L. 2006. The mobilization of human resources as an effect of the depletion of environmental and social assets. Metroeconomica, 57: 193 - 213.
6. 2011. " Did the decline in social capital depress Americans' happiness? ". In Social Indicators Research, published online, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9971-x.
7. Becker, G. S. 1996. " Preferences and values ". In Accounting for tastes, Edited by: G.S., Becker. 3 - 23. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
8. Becker, G. S. and Murphy, K. M. 1988. A theory of rational addiction. Journal of Political Economy, 96 (4): 675 - 700.
9. Berlyne, D. E. 1960. Conflict, Arousal, and Curiosity, New York: McGraw-Hill.
10. Berns, G. S., McClure, S. M., Pagnoni, G. and Read Montague, P. 2001. Predictability modulates human brain response to reward. The Journal of Neuroscience, 21 (8): 2793 - 8.
11. Bianchi, M. 2003. A questioning economist. Journal of Economic Psychology, 24: 1 - 18.
12. Borghans, L., Duckworth, A. L., Heckman, J. J. and ter Weel, B. 2008. The economics and psychology of cognitive and non-cognitive personal traits. Journal of Human Resources, 43 (4): 972 - 1059.
13. Britton, A. and Shipley, M.J. 2010. Bored to death?. International Journal of Epidemiology, 39: 370 - 1.
14. Bruni, L. 2004. The 'Happiness transformation problem' in the Cambridge tradition. European Journal History of Economic Thought, 11 (3): 433 - 51.
15. Bruni, L. 2008. " Back to Aristotle? ". In Capabilities and Happiness, Edited by: Bruni, L., Comim, F. and Pugno, M. 114 - 39. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
16. Bruni, L. and Stanca, L. 2008. Watching alone. Journal of Economic Behavoir and Organization, 65 (3-4): 506 - 28.
17. Bruni, L. and Sugden, R. 2007. The road not taken. Economic Journal, 117 (516): 146 - 73.
18. Clark, A. E., Frijters, P. and Shields, M. 2008. Relative income, happiness and utility. Journal of Economic Literature, 46 (1): 95 - 144.
19. Clark, A. E. and Oswald, A. J. 1996. Satisfaction and comparison income. Journal of Public Economics, 61 (3): 359 - 81.
20. Corneo, G. 2005. Work and television. European Journal of Political Economy, 21: 99 - 113.
21. Csikszentmihalyi, M. 1999. If we are so rich, why aren't we happy?. American Psychologist, 54 October: 821 - 7.
22. Cunha, F. and Heckman, J.J. (2009). The economics and psychology of inequality and human development. NBER Working Paper No. 14695
23. Cunha, F., Heckman, J. J., Lochner, L. J. and Masterov, D. V. 2006. " Interpreting the evidence on life cycle skill formation ". In Handbook of the Economics of Education, Edited by: Hanusheck, E. A. and Welch, F. 697 - 812. Amsterdam: North-Holland.
24. Deci, E. L. and Ryan, R. M. 2000. The 'what' and 'why' of goal pursuits. Psychological Inquiry, 11: 227 - 68.
25. Diener, E., Suh, E. M., Lucas, R. E. and Smith, H. I. 1999. Subjective well-being. Psychological Bulletin, 125 (2): 276 - 302.
26. Di Giovinazzo, V. 2008. From individual wellbeing to economic welfare. European Journal of Economic and Social Systems, 21 (1): 57 - 81.
27. Di Tella, R., Haisken-De New, J. and McCulloch, R.J. (2010). Happiness adaptation to income and to status in an individual panel. NBER Working Paper No. 13159
28. Di Tella, R. and McCulloch, R. J. 2008. Gross national happiness as an answer to the Easterlin Paradox. Journal of Development Economics, 86: 22 - 42.
29. Dolan, P., Peasgood, T. and White, M. 2008. Do we really know what makes us happy. Journal of Economic Psychology, 29: 94 - 122.
30. Drakopoulos, S. A. 2010. The neglect of comparison income. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 18 (3): 441 - 64.
31. Duesenberry, J. S. 1949. Income, Saving and the Theory of Consumer Behaviour, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
32. Earl, P. E. 1992. " 'Tibor Scitovsky' ". In New Horizons in Economic Thought, Edited by: W.J., Samuels. 265 - 93. Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
33. Easterlin, R.A. (1995). Will the rising income of all increase the happiness of all? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 27(1): 35-48
34. Easterlin, R. A. 1974. " Does economic growth improve the human lot? ". In Nations and Households in Economic Growth, Edited by: David, P. A. and Melvin, W. R. 89 - 125. New York: Academic Press.
35. Easterlin, R. A. 2005. " Building a better theory of well-being ". In Economics and Happiness, Edited by: Bruni, L. and Porta, P. 29 - 64. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
36. Easterlin, R.A. and Angelescu, L. (2010). Happiness and growth the world over. IZA Discussion Papers No. 4060
37. Edwards, J. M. 2010. Joyful economists. Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 32 (4): 611 - 3.
38. Elster, J. and Skog, O-J. 1999. Getting Hooked, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
39. Frank, R. H. 1997. The frame of reference as a public good. Economic Journal, 107: 1832 - 47.
40. Frederick, S. and Loewenstein, G. 1999. " Hedonic adaptation ". In Well-being, Edited by: Kahneman, D., Diener, E. and Schwarz, N. 302 - 29. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
41. Frey, B. S. 2008. Happiness, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
42. Galbraith, G. K. 1958. The Affluent Society, New York: Mariner Books.
43. Guryan, J., Hurst, E. and Kearney, M. 2008. Parental education and parental time with children. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22 (3): 23 - 46.
44. Hands, D. W. 2010. Economics, psychology and the history of consumer choice theory. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 34: 633 - 48.
45. Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes, University of Chicago, Department of Economics. Available at http://www.webmeets.com/files/papers/ESWC/2010/512/PerryFactorPaper_2010-08-13a_Peter.pdf
46. Helson, H. 1964. Adaptation-Level Theory, New York: Harper & Row.
47. Hill, P.L., Roberts, B.W., Grogger, J.T., Guryan, J. and Sixkiller, K. (2011). Decreasing delinquency, criminal behaviour, and recidivism by intervening on psychological factors other than cognitive ability. NBER Working Paper No. 16698
48. Hirsch, F. 1976. Social Limits to Growth, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
49. Hirschman, E. C. 1992. The consciousness of addiction. Journal of Consumer Research, 19: 155 - 79.
50. Hoch, S. J. and Loewenstein, G. F. 1991. Time-inconsistent preferences and consumer self-control. Journal of Consumer Research, 17 (4): 492 - 507.
51. Hunt, J.McV. 1965. " Intrinsic motivation and its role in psychological development ". In Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Edited by: D., Levine. Vol. 13, 189 - 282. Lincoln, NB: University of Nebraska.
52. Jevons, W. S. 1970 [1871]. The Theory of Political Economy, New York: Penguin Books.
53. Kahneman, D., Krueger, A. B., Schkade, D., Schwartz, H. and Stone, A. A. 2006. Would you be happier if you were richer. Science, 312: 1908 - 10.
54. Kashdan, T. B. and Steger, M. F. 2007. Curiosity and pathways to well-being and meaning of life. Motivation and Emotion, 31: 159 - 73.
55. Layard, R. 2005. Happiness, New York: Penguin.
56. Layard, R., Mayraz, G. and Nickell, S. Does relative income matter?. In E. Diener, J. Helliwell and D Kahneman (Eds.), International Differences in Well-Being (pp. 139-65). New York: Oxford University Press.
57. Lipsey, R. G. Four essays on famous diagram in economics. Working Paper. 10-04. Simon Fraser University.
58. Loewenstein, G., O'Donoghue, T. and Rabin, M. 2003. Projection bias in predicting future utility. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 118 (4): 1209 - 48.
59. Lucas, R. E., Clark, A. E., Georgellis, Y. and Diener, E. 2003. Reexamining adaptation and the set point model of happiness. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84 (3): 527 - 39.
60. Mitchell, W. C. 1950 [1912]. " The backward art of spending money ". In The Backward Art of Spending Money and Other Essays, 3 - 19. New York: August M. Kelley.
61. O'Donoghue, T. and Rabin, M. 1999. " Addiction and self-control ". In Addiction, Edited by: J., Elster. 169 - 206. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
62. Oswald, A. J. 1997. Happiness and economic performance. Economic Journal, 107: 1815 - 31.
63. Rupp, D. E. and Vodanovich, S. J. 1997. The role of boredom proneness in self-reported anger and aggression. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 12 (4): 925 - 36.
64. Saffer, H. and Lamiraud, K. (2008). The effects of hours of work on social interaction. NBER Working Paper No. 13743
65. Scitovsky, T. 1960. A critique of present and proposed standards. American Economic Review. Papers and Proceedings, 50 (2): 13 - 20.
66. Scitovsky, T. 1986[1972]. Human Desires and Economic Satisfaction, New York: New York University Press.
67. Scitovsky, T. 1992a[1976]. The Joyless Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
68. Scitovsky, T. 1992b. " My search for welfare ". In Eminent Economists, Edited by: M., Szenberg. 248 - 60. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
69. Scitovsky, T. 1995. Economic Theory and Reality, Aldershot: Edward Elgar.
70. Scitovsky, T. 1996. My own criticism of The Joyless Economy. Critical Review, 10 (4): 595 - 606.
71. Scitovsky, T. 1999a. A proud Hungarian. The Hungarian Quarterly, 15 (155): 33 - 53. (156): 24-43
72. Scitovsky, T. 1999b. Boredom - an overlooked disease. Challenge, 42 (5): 5 - 15.
73. Scitovsky, T. 2000. The wages of boredom. New Perspectives Quarterly, 17 (2): 45 - 51.
74. Scitovsky, T. (Undated 'a'). Unrelieved boredom - A source of violence. (Undated 'b'). Boredom. Its causes and Consequences. (Undated 'c'). Illinois State Lecture. Undated typescript, in Scitovsky papers, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Durham, NC
75. Scitovsky, T. and Scitovsky, A. 1959-1960. What price economic progress?. Yale Review, 49: 95 - 110.
76. Sen, A. 1985. Commodities and Capabilities., Oxford: Oxford University Press.
77. Sen, A. 1996. Rationality, joy and freedom. Critical Review, 10 (4): 481 - 94.
78. Sen, A. 1999. Development as Freedom, New York: Knopf.
79. Senik, C. 2008. Is man doomed to progress. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 68 (1): 140 - 152.
80. Sheldon, K. M. and Lyubomirsky, S. 2006. Achieving sustainable gains in happiness. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7 (1): 55 - 86.
81. Sommers, J. and Vodanovich, S. J. 2000. Boredom proneness. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 56: 149 - 55.
82. Stevenson, B. and Wolfers, J. 2008. Economic growth and happiness. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 39 May: 1 - 87.
83. Stiglitz, S., Sen, A. and Fitoussi, J.P. (2009) Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. Available at: http://www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr/documents/rapport_anglais.pdf
84. Swan, G. E. and Carmelli, D. 1996. Curiosity and mortality in aging adults. Psychology and Aging, 11 (3): 449 - 53.
85. Van Praag, B. M.S. 1971. The welfare function of income in Belgium. European Economic Review, 2: 337 - 69.
86. Veblen, T. 1959[1899]. The Theory of the Leisure Class, New York: Mentor Books.
87. Wilson, T. D., Centerbar, D. B., Kermer, D. A. and Gilbert, D. T. 2005. The pleasures of uncertainty. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88 (1): 5 - 21.
88. Zimmermann, A. C. and Easterlin, R. A. 2006. Happily ever after. Population and Development Review, 32 (3): 511 - 28.