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Happiness And Health: Lessons--And Questions--For Public Policy.
- Source :
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Health Affairs . Jan/Feb2008, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p72-87. 16p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- This paper reviews the happiness-health relationship from an economics perspective, highlighting the role of adaptation. People's expectations for health standards influence their reported health and associated happiness, a finding that roughly mirrors the Easterlin paradox in income and happiness. Research on unhappiness and obesity shows that norms and stigma vary a great deal across countries and cohorts, mediating the related well-being costs. Better understanding this variance and its effects on incentives for addressing the condition is important to policy design. More generally, the paper discusses how happiness surveys can-and cannot-inform public health policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02782715
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Health Affairs
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28321537
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.1.72