The effects of happiness on productivity: Panel evidence from the United Kingdom
(2011) NEKM01 20112Department of Economics
- Abstract
- This paper examines the causal effects of happiness on productivity, using cross sectional time series (panel) data from the UK, spanning the years 1996 to 2008. Innovations in this paper include the use of total compensation instead of wage rates as a proxy for productivity, the use of overall happiness instead of operationalized measures of happiness, and the use of GIS-derived bioclimate variables to instrument for happiness. The main result of the paper finds that happiness has a significant negative effect on productivity, in contrast to a large body of existing literature.
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- author
- Geale, Kirk LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKM01 20112
- year
- 2011
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- productivity, happiness, bioclimate, psychological well-being, compensation
- language
- English
- id
- 2203858
- date added to LUP
- 2011-11-11 13:36:43
- date last changed
- 2011-11-11 13:36:43
@misc{2203858, abstract = {{This paper examines the causal effects of happiness on productivity, using cross sectional time series (panel) data from the UK, spanning the years 1996 to 2008. Innovations in this paper include the use of total compensation instead of wage rates as a proxy for productivity, the use of overall happiness instead of operationalized measures of happiness, and the use of GIS-derived bioclimate variables to instrument for happiness. The main result of the paper finds that happiness has a significant negative effect on productivity, in contrast to a large body of existing literature.}}, author = {{Geale, Kirk}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{The effects of happiness on productivity: Panel evidence from the United Kingdom}}, year = {{2011}}, }