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New research reports from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics are highlighted in the Autumn 2019 CentrePiece magazine. As CEP approaches its thirtieth birthday in 202... Read more...
01 November 2019
What is the mechanism of the impact of the size of a native city on an individual's adult income? A general "level solidification" is obviously not fully explained. Therefore, the two authors of the above study, French e... Read more...
20 August 2019
That's the question at the heart of a new study published in the Journal of Urban Economics. In the study, economists Cleement Bosquet of the University of Cergy-Pontoise in France and Henry G. Overman of the London Scho... Read more...
30 July 2019
This is the view of the British economist Richard Layard, quoted here from the Volkskrant, who investigates why more prosperity does not bring forth happy people anymore. Satisfaction with money and possession... Read more...
18 May 2018
According to new research, we’re happiest at two points in our lives—not just one. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science asked 23,000 German volunteers aged 17 to... Read more...
15 May 2018
According to new research, we’re happiest at two points in our lives—not just one. Researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science asked 23,000 German volunteers aged 17 to 85 t... Read more...
11 May 2018
Hannes Schwandt, a Centre For Economic Performance scholar at the Centre for British Studies, published a study on the happiness index and studied 23,161 German respondents aged 17 to 85 years. They expect lif... Read more...
08 March 2018
The prospect of this book did make me happy. The idea that a group of well-respected, eminent economists would be making the case that government should focus its efforts on increasing the happiness ... Read more...
22 January 2018
Lord (Richard) Layard, the economist, hosted a dinner at the London School of Economics last week to celebrate the publication of a new book by him and his colleagues, called The Origins of Happiness. It is de... Read more...
21 January 2018
Trovato il segreto della felicita per I bambini di oggi: parola di esparto/Found the secret of happiness for today's children: word of esparto After investigating the factors that in a person's life... Read more...
16 January 2018
Meanwhile, in all three areas, people reported the lowest levels of happiness between the ages of 45 and 59, according to data from the Centre for Economic Performance, Proceedings of the National Academy of S... Read more...
12 December 2017
When men hit their forties, their happiness hits the skids. That’s just one of the insights that Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics, has found in his 10 years... Read more...
06 December 2017
The work of the Centre for Vocational Education Research was referred to by Lord Bhattacharyya (Lab) who is Professor of Manufacturing, Director and Chairman at the Warwick Manufacturing Group at Warwick Unive... Read more...
27 November 2017
Work-life balance, job variety, autonomy and learning new things make us happier at work; blue-collar workers are less happy than others, write Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward. ... Read more...
13 November 2017
If policymakers focused on tackling mental illness instead of only focusing on eliminating poverty, global misery levels could decrease by 20 percent, according to a London School of Economics study. Reducing ... Read more...
17 October 2017
Article by Richard Layard With modern psychological therapy, mentally ill people can become more productive and more satisfied with life. ... Read more...
11 October 2017
While aging was once thought of as a negative thing, a study by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics found that, on average, people's happiness peaks at ages 23 and 69. At ... Read more...
23 September 2017
Indeed, a recent study by Richard Layard at the London School of Economics suggests that emotional wellbeing in childhood is more important to an adult’s satisfaction levels than academic success or weal... Read more...
12 September 2017
A timeline, created by Business Insider, reveals the areas we excel in at specific ages of our life, including skills, achievements and wellbeing. The chart shows that there is a lot of contentment in later li... Read more...
23 August 2017
However, a recent study carried out at the London School of Economics shows that levels of happiness in a person's life follow a U-shaped pattern. This means that between the ages of 20 and 70, The maximum... Read more...
A new study suggests midlife "psychological low" points are a global phenomenon Why people consistently report being near their most unhappy around the same age – across countries, incomes a... Read more...
22 August 2017
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10 July 2017
According to Richard Layard, one of the study's leaders, "evidence shows that the things that matter most to happiness and misery are social relationships and mental and physical health." In his ... Read more...
29 June 2017
There are many theories about the ages and the optimization of one or several vital aspects: there is an age for the body, another for the mind and, according to a new study, there is not one, but two ages for... Read more...
27 June 2017
Encouraging better work-life balance does not lead to higher productivity, academics at London School of Economics found. Neither does forcing workers into miserable servitude. Related publications &lsqu... Read more...
26 June 2017
The Olympics shouldn’t be sold as bringing any wider benefits at all – but, instead as a very expensive party. Hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 cost about £150 per UK tax payer – but i... Read more...
03 March 2017
In December 2016 an electronic version of a new report became available, prior to its imminent publication in book form, by the London School of Economics. Dubbed ‘The Layard Report’ after key... Read more...
23 January 2017
Health and friends: the formula of happiness according to science According to researcher Lord Richard Layard, people have not increased their levels of happiness in the past 50 years, while the average inc... Read more...
12 January 2017
As highlighted by LSE researchers, UK education policymakers have focused much of their attention on improving academic achievement over the last half century, in the hope that this will result in higher level... Read more...
11 January 2017
The old folk saying "If you've got your health you've got your wealth" is finding new proponents from a recent study done by the London College of Economics, under the direction of Lord Richa... Read more...
10 January 2017
A compilation of surveys show that millennial's happiness is closely tied to having close friends at work. Good working relationships seem to make people more productive and satisfied with life. … ... Read more...
In terms of emotional well-being, “there is no further progress beyond an annual income of $75,000,” researchers wrote, concluding that “high income buys life satisfaction but not happiness.&... Read more...
30 December 2016
Too often in our business we focus primarily on finances. Of course, that is what financial professionals do, but we could be neglecting an important, maybe more important, piece of the pie. The recent London ... Read more...
22 December 2016
Understanding the key determinants of people’s life satisfaction will suggest policies for how best to reduce misery and promote wellbeing. This column discusses evidence from survey data on Australia, B... Read more...
12 December 2016
Consume magazine content increases the well-being of 6% Professor Paul Dolan of the London School of Economics and Political Science, a world authority on Positive Psychology and happiness, largely inspired... Read more...
05 December 2016
Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia affect huge numbers of people - a third of all over-80s have some form of dementia, estimates the US CDC. This has two key effects. Firstly, Alzheimer's is a major killer in its o... Read more...
23 September 2016
There have been major changes to Ireland's apprenticeship system over the past few years, and now the overall number of apprentices is expected to increase to about 10,700. And, although Ireland's apprenticeship system i... Read more...
13 September 2016
My best year is supposed to be now. Sixty-nine years old, to be exact. According to the Center for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, the two happiest years of life are 23 and 69. In between, w... Read more...
03 August 2016
A research paper by Richard Burkhauser, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Nattavudh Powdthavee contends that a person's satisfaction drops as the percentage of overall income held by the very rich in a country rises. However, the... Read more...
31 March 2016
Last year a London School of Economics study found that banning phones from school boosts exam results and benefits low-achieving and low-income pupils the most. This article was published by The Times on March 16, 201... Read more...
16 March 2016
But how much of a difference can brisk walking make in comparison to other forms of exercise? Using measurements based on body mass index (BMI) - ratio of height to weight, researcher Dr. Grace Lordan a specialist in he... Read more...
01 March 2016
Article by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and Nick Powdthavee Despite growing concern over the economic and social implications of the increasing concentration of wealth among a wealthy elite, we continue to know very little abou... Read more...
16 February 2016
Article by Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur and John Van Reenen There is a long history of debate within business, policy, and economic literature regarding whether firms can improve their performance by tr... Read more...
18 December 2015
And just to be clear, having a kid isn't worse for you than unemployment or losing a spouse, even though that's what the new study found. Nick Powdthavee, a happiness researcher at the London School of Economics and the ... Read more...
26 November 2015
... the wrong person. Expert on happiness, Professor Paul Dolan of the London School of Economics, believes that ... This article was published by the Birmingham Post on September 16, 2015 [No link available to the ar... Read more...
16 September 2015
We recruit and train mentors and pair them with children who need some additional encouragement and perspective to recognize a more positive future. Our mentors - ''Bigs'' - bring a new sense of opportunity and perspecti... Read more...
29 January 2015
According to the latest research in scatenarla crisis is not linked to money or old age but to the collapse of expectations and loss of job Terence c. Cheng, Nattavudh Powdthavee and Andrew j. Oswald of the University o... Read more...
26 January 2015
During Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced his plan to expand paid leave for workers, starting with the federal government. Even with three months available to them, few Americans can t... Read more...
21 January 2015
Esta interesante reflexion de Gilbert incide directamente en otro pensamiento, tambien muy habitual, que es el de que el dinero no compra la felicidad. En una sociedad tan materialista como la actual es tremendamente com... Read more...
10 January 2015
Article by Paul Dolan Being happy at work is important. Studies suggest that if you're not happy at work, you're less productive, more likely to take days off sick, and a poor problem solver. Still, some people mainta... Read more...
20 November 2014
Nick Bloom and his colleagues studied 700 firms around the world. ''We find more productive, faster growing and better managed firms offer their employees a more attractive work-life balance package'', Bloom said in an e... Read more...
23 October 2014
Is the mid-life crisis just an excuse? However, a study published earlier this year found that an average decrease of subjective happiness, or welfare as described by economists in middle age, between 40 and 42 years oc... Read more...
14 October 2014
The team, which included investigators from Penn and the London School of Economics, analyzed existing literature in both countries, updating and supplementing as needed to estimate the cost of accommodation, medical and... Read more...
11 June 2014