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USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Dick EasterlinUniversity Professor and Professor of EconomicsContact Information E-mail: easterl@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-6993 Office: KAP 318B LINKS Personal Website |
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 Ph.D. , University of Pennsylvania, 1/1953
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M.A. , University of Pennsylvania, 1949
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M.S. , Stevens Institute of Technology, 1948
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Easterlin studies changes in subjective well-being over the life cycle, applying the demographers’ technique of cohort analysis to social survey data. The aim is to clarify the role in determining well-being of circumstances such as living levels, family life, health, job conditions, and personality, and the reasons for the paradoxical relation between income and subjective well-being. At a point in time, there is a positive association between subjective well-being and size of income, but over time there is no improvement in subjective well-being as income increases. | |
Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions |
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USC Pop Lab,http://www.usc.edu/org/pop/intro.html
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Publications |
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Book |
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Easterlin, R. A.
(2004).
The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Book Chapter |
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Easterlin, R. A.
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Building a Better Theory of Well-being. (Vol. 29-64). Oxford University Press.
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Easterlin, R. A.
(2004).
Life Satisfaction: Can We Produce It?. pp. p. 347-357. Norwell, MA: Challenges for Quality of Life in the Contemporary World/Kluwer Academic Press.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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The Story of a Reluctant Economist. (Vol. NA). Cheltenham: Reflections of Eminent Economists/Edward Elgar.
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Journal Article |
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Easterlin, R. A.
(2011).
The Impact of Modern Economic Growth on Urban-Rural Differences in Subjective Well Being. World Development.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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The happiness–income paradox revisited. PNAS.
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Easterlin, R. A.
(2007).
Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross-Sectional and Time Series Evidence. Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality of Life Research.
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Easterlin, R. A., Sirgy, M., Michalos, A. C., Ferriss, A. C., Patrick, D., Pavot, W.
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The Quality-of-Life (QOL) Research Movement: Past, Present, and Future. Social Indicators Research/Springer. pp. p.343-466.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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Life Cycle Happiness and Its Sources: Intersection of Psychology, Economics and Demography. Journal of Economic Psychology/Elsevier. pp. p.463-482.
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Zimmermann, A. C., Easterlin, R. A.
(2006).
Happily Ever After? Marriage, Divorce, and Happiness in Germany. Population and Development Review/Blackwell. pp. p.511-528.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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Feeding the Illusion of Growth and Happiness: A Reply to Hagerty and Veenhoven. Social Indicators Research/Springer. pp. p. 429 - 443.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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Diminishing Marginal Utility of Income? Caveat Emptor. Social Indicators Research/Springer. pp. p. 243-255.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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A Puzzle for Adaptive Theory. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization/Elsevier. pp. p. 513-521.
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Easterlin, R. A.
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The Economics of Happiness. Daedalus/MIT Press. pp. p. 26 - 33.
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Honors and Awards |
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Distinguished Fellow, American Economic Association, 2006-
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National Academy Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2002-
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USC University Professor, 1999-
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, Fellow, 1978-
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President of Western Economic Association International, 2010-2011
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President Elect of Western Economic Association International, 2009-2010
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Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1988-1989
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USC Raubenheimer Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, 1988
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President, Economic History Association, 1979-1980
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President, Population Association of America, 1978
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Service to the University |
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Committees |
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Director or Undergraduate Studies, 2010-2011
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Advisor to Provost,
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2010
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Service to the Profession |
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Editorships and Editorial Boards |
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Associate Editor, Journal of Happiness Studies, 2006-
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Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004-2008
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