A leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the quantification of well-
being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to …

This paper aims to establish systematic relationships between the two rapidly growing
research streams on the socio‐economic determinants of happiness and health. Although …

The concepts of well-being and quality of life concern evaluative judgements. There is
insufficient understanding in current literature that these judgements are made variously due …

Background Previous empirical evidence has shown the positive relationship between
happiness or subjective well‐being (SWB) and sport participation. Nevertheless, passive …

II. Le cause della malattia: il cambiamento dei valori 23 1. Cultura del consumo e relazioni
25 2. L'economia di mercato diffonde la cultura del consumo 28 3. I media promuovono i …

Da alcuni anni le scienze sociali hanno “scoperto” un tipo di beni che non sono né cose
materiali, né idee, né prestazioni, ma consistono di relazioni sociali, e per tale ragione sono …

Csíkszentmihályi Mihály a Budapesten megrendezett World Science Forum-on tartott
előadása1 közben nem tűnt különösebben boldognak. Pedig az életminőség-kutatás egyik …

The paper discusses some issues of the debate on happiness in economics. In particular it
deals with the relationship between happiness and sociality. In fact, in contemporary …

Two sociological mainstreams, one based on rational choice theory and one on relational
sociology, converge in affirming that relational goods are those that can be enjoyed only if …

In this paper we analyze the non-instrumental dimension of social capital and its effects on
subjective well-being. In the first part, we define the characteristics of production and …