Income growth is unlikely to help, but we can learn from international comparisons
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13109347 |
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| Authors | Arie Kapteyn (0000-0002-1855-5528, University of Southern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-197 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behavioural Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-063X • E-ISSN: 2398-0648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/bpp.2019.42 |
| OpenAlex | W3000109712 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
The paper by Paul Frijters, Andrew E. Clark, Christian Krekel and Richard Layard is a timely attempt to move subjective wellbeing (SWB) to the center of policy attention. I am essentially making three points. First of all, for this enterprise to be successful, one needs to have very solid evidence on what improves SWB and what does not. If policies are proposed that turn out not to improve SWB (or do so far less than expected), then the enterprise of making SWB the centerpiece of policy may be discredited before it has begun in earnest. As an example of this concern, my second point is that raising the incomes of all may have very disappointing effects on measured SWB. My third point is that at the current state of knowledge, the most fertile ground for learning about what works is to exploit international comparisons of policies and how these affect a nation's SWB
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