Sanford E Devoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1133043 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sanford E Devoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sanford E |
| FAMILY NAME | Devoe |
| SIGNATURE | DEVOE S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0889-0488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Happiness From Treating the Weekend Like a Vacation
Americans are time-poor. They work long hours and leave paid vacation days unused. An analysis of over 200,000 U.S. workers reveals that not prioritizing vacation is linked to lower happiness. Many people, however, do not feel they can take vacation due to financial and temporal constraints. How might people enjoy the emotional benefits of vacation without taking additional time off or spending additional money? Three preregistered experiments te…
Replications with MTurkers who are naïve versus experienced with academic studies
Too Impatient to Smell the Roses
We tested whether exposure to the ultimate symbols of an impatience culture—fast food—undermines people’s ability to experience happiness from savoring pleasurable experiences. Study 1 found that the concentration of fast-food restaurants in individuals’ neighborhoods predicted their tendencies to savor. Study 2 revealed that exposure to fast-food primes impeded participants’ ability to derive happiness from pictures of natural beauty. Study 3 sh…
When Does Money Make Money More Important? Survey and Experimental Evidence
The authors investigate how the amount and source of income affects the importance placed on money. Using a longitudinal analysis of the British Household Panel Survey and evidence from two laboratory experiments, they found that larger amounts of money received for labor were associated with individuals placing greater importance on money; but this effect did not hold for money not related to work. The longitudinal survey analysis demonstrated t…
Time, money, and happiness
Hourly versus Salaried Payment and Decisions about Trading Time and Money over Time
Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors examine how individuals' employment compensation-salaried or hourly-affects their decisions to trade time for money. Results indicate that there is a positive association between hourly wages and a desire to exchange leisure time for more money. This relationship holds even when a fixed-effects model controls for unobserved differences among individuals as well as for jo…
Economic evaluation
Economic evaluation
Hourly versus Salaried Payment and Decisions about Trading Time and Money over Time
Using longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey, the authors examine how individuals' employment compensation-salaried or hourly-affects their decisions to trade time for money. Results indicate that there is a positive association between hourly wages and a desire to exchange leisure time for more money. This relationship holds even when a fixed-effects model controls for unobserved differences among individuals as well as for jo…
Time, money, and happiness
When Does Money Make Money More Important? Survey and Experimental Evidence
The authors investigate how the amount and source of income affects the importance placed on money. Using a longitudinal analysis of the British Household Panel Survey and evidence from two laboratory experiments, they found that larger amounts of money received for labor were associated with individuals placing greater importance on money; but this effect did not hold for money not related to work. The longitudinal survey analysis demonstrated t…
Too Impatient to Smell the Roses
We tested whether exposure to the ultimate symbols of an impatience culture—fast food—undermines people’s ability to experience happiness from savoring pleasurable experiences. Study 1 found that the concentration of fast-food restaurants in individuals’ neighborhoods predicted their tendencies to savor. Study 2 revealed that exposure to fast-food primes impeded participants’ ability to derive happiness from pictures of natural beauty. Study 3 sh…
Replications with MTurkers who are naïve versus experienced with academic studies
Happiness From Treating the Weekend Like a Vacation
Americans are time-poor. They work long hours and leave paid vacation days unused. An analysis of over 200,000 U.S. workers reveals that not prioritizing vacation is linked to lower happiness. Many people, however, do not feel they can take vacation due to financial and temporal constraints. How might people enjoy the emotional benefits of vacation without taking additional time off or spending additional money? Three preregistered experiments te…
Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Happiness (3 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Labour economics (2 works)