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It can be seen from the strikes in Taiwan in recent years that for the company's top management, only shareholders are the most important targets for care. It is like giving them more benefits. But the British media The ... Read more...
12 August 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
Parents with young children are ‘substantially’ less productive than their colleagues, due to a lack of sleep As every parent of a newborn knows, sleep is a foreign country, a place that they happi... Read more...
14 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
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...
10 July 2017
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
Article by Joan Costa-i-font and Sara Flèche Sleep is often overlooked in economic models despite its obvious restorative effects on human health alongside its influence on brain plasticity and feeli... Read more...
06 April 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
When Joan Costa-Font became a father, the health economist noticed a dramatic drop in his productivity. “And I am the man,” he said, acknowledging that the effect was clearly worse on his wife. ... Read more...
17 February 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
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
Article by John Denham For the past 20 years and longer, Ministers of all parties have wanted to see more employers support employees and apprentices to gain higher levels skills and higher education. With strong bi-par... Read more...
03 August 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...
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
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
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
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