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CORRELATES OF HAPPINESS Behavioral correlates of happiness Happiness and Consumption
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Happiness and Consumption, buy, expend, purchase, use
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List of Publications on this Subject

Authors Title / Source Year Boone, L.E. Personality and Innovative Buying Behavior.
Journal of Psychology, 1974, Vol. 86, 197 - 202
1974
Sirgy, M.J. Materialism and quality of life.
Social Indicators Research, 1998, Vol. 43, 227 - 260
1998
Gatersleben, B.C. Sustainable Household Metabolism and Quality of Life.
PhD Dissertation, University of Groningen, 2000, Kurt Lewin Dissertation Series 2000-6, Netherlands
2000
Oropesa, R.S. Consumer Possessions, Consumer Passions, and Subjective Well-Being.
Sociological Forum, 1995, Vol. 10, 215 - 244
1995
Ozawa, T.; Hofstetter, P. Use of Longitudinal Panel Data to Estimate the Effects of Adopting New Activities to Household Consumption Patterns and Happiness.
Proceedings, International Workshop on Driving Forces of and Barriers to Sustainable Consumption, University of Leeds, March 2004, UK, 88 - 97
2004
MacDonald, M.; Douthitt, R.A. Consumption Theories and Consumers' Assessments of Subjective Well-Being.
The Journal of Consumers Affairs, 1992, Vol. 26, 243 - 266
1992
Anand, P.; Hunter, G.; Smith, R. Capabilities and Well-Being: Evidence based on the Sen-Nussbaum Approach to Welfare.
Social Indicators Research, 2005, Vol. 74, 9 - 55
2005
Frank, R.H. How not to Buy Happiness.
Daedalus, 2004, Spring, 69 - 79
2004
VanBoven, L.; Gilovich, T. To Do or to Have? That is the Question.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2003, Vol. 85, 1193 - 1202
2003
VanDenBroek, A. Meer Mens met Vitamine C. ( On Culture and Happiness).
Schnabel, P.; Ed.: "Veel Geluk in 2007", SCP, 2007, The Hague, Netherlands, 94 - 98
2007
Desmeules, R. The Impact of Variety on Consumers Happiness: Marketing and the Tyranny of Freedom.
Academy of Marketing Science Review, 2002, Vol. 12, 1 - 18
2002
Kasser, T.; Sheldon, K.M. What Makes for a Merry Christmas?
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2002, Vol. 3, 313 - 329
2002
Tatzel, M. The Art of Buying: Coming to Terms with Money and Materialism.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, Vol. 4, 405 - 435
2003
Pugno, M. A Scitovskyan Model of Happiness and Unhappiness.
Paper, International Conference Policies for Happiness, 2007, Italy
2007
Karmasin, H. Kauf dir ein Stück vom Glück. (Buy Yourself a Part of Happiness).
Hentschel, B.;Staupe, G.;Eds.; '' Glück. Welches Glück'', Carl Hensen verlag, 2008, München, Germany, 119 - 128
2008
Veenhoven, R. Sustainable Consumption and Happiness.
Reddy, S.; Ed.;'Green Consumerism Approaches and Country Experiences', Icfai University Press, 2008, Hyderabad, India, 39 - 68.
2008
Pelham, B.W. TV Ownership may be good for Well-Being.
The Gallup Poll/105850, 2008, Washington DC, USA.
2008
Veenhoven, R. Findings on Happiness and Culture Arts and Sciences.
World Database of Happiness, Collection of Correlational Findings, Finding report C11, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Printout 2009, http://worlddatatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl.
2009
Veenhoven, R. Findings on Happiness and Nutrition.
World Database of Happiness, Collection of Correlational Findings, Finding report N10 Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Printout 2009, http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl.
2009
Guillen-Royo, M. Consumption and Subjective Wellbeing: Exploring Basic Needs, Social Comparison, Social Integration and Hedonism in Peru.
Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 89, 535 - 555
2008
Diener, E.; Harter, J.K.; Ng, W. Wealth and Happiness across the World: Material Prosperity predicts Life Evaluation, Whereas Psychosocial Prosperity predicts Positive Feeling.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2010, Vol. 99, 52 - 61
2010
Shyy, T.K.; Chhetri, P.; Stimson, R. Mapping Quality of Life in the South East Queensland Region with a Web-Based Application.
Journal of Spatial Science, 2007, Vol. 52, 13 - 22
2007
Chhetri, P.; Khan, A.; Stimson, R. Why Bother to ''Downshift''? The Characteristics and Satisfaction of Downshifters in the Brisbane- South East Queensland Region, Australia.
Journal of Population Research, 2009, Vol. 26, 57 - 64
2009
Hofstetter, P.; Madjar, M.; Ozawa, T. Happiness and Sustainable Consumption. Psychological and Physical Rebound Effects at Work in a Tool Sustainable Design.
The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2006, Vol 11, 105 - 115
2006
DenUyl, D.; Rasmussen, D.B. Smith on Economic Happiness: Rejoinder to Denis C. Rasmussen.
Reason Papers 33, 2011, 102 - 106
2011
DenUyl, D.; Rasmussen, D.B. Adam Smith and Economic Happiness.
Reason Papers32, 2010, 29 - 40
2010
Rasmussen, D.C. Adam Smith on Commerce and Happiness: a Response to Den Uyl and Rasmussen.
Reason Papers 33, 2011, 95 - 101
2011
Rasmussen, D.C. Does 'Bettering our Condition' really makes us better off? Adam Smith on Progress and Happiness.
The American Political Science Review, 2006, Vol. 100, 309 - 318
2006
Farage, M.A.; Hanseman, D.; Nusair, T.L. The Farage Quality of Life Measure for Consumer Products: Development and Initial Implementation.
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2010, Vol. 5, 1 - 25
2010
DeLeire, T.; Kalil, A. Does Consumption buy Happiness? Evidence from the United States.
International Review of Economics, 2010, Vol. 57, 163 - 176
2010
Hajek, A. Der Einfluss von Armut und Reichtum auf die Lebenszufriedenheit. (The Influence of Poverty and Wealth on Satisfaction of Life.)
PhD Thesis, Leuphana University, 2012, Lüneburg, Germany
2012
Sabatini, F. Can a Click buy a Little Happiness? The Impact of Business-to-Consumer E-Commerce on Subjective Well-Being.
MPRA Paper no. 32393, 2011, München, Germany
2011
Mogilner, C.; Aaker, J.; Kamvar, S. How Happiness impacts Choice.
Journal of Consumer Research, 2012, Vol. 39, 429 - 443
2012
Linssen, R.; Kempen, L.; Kraaykamp, G Subjective Well Being in Rural India: The Curse of Conspicuous Consumption.
Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 101, 57-72
2011
Farber, D.A. Law, Sustainability, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Working Paper presented at Berkeley Program in Law and Economics, 2011, University of California at Berkley, USA
2011
Ahuvia, A.C.; Friedman, C. Income, Consumption, and Subjective Well-Being: Toward a Composite Macromarketing Model.
Journal of Macromarketing, 1998, Vol 18, No2, 153 - 168
1998
Knies, G. Life Satisfaction and Material Well-Being of Young People in the UK.
McFall, S.L.;et al;Eds.; ''Understanding Society'', Institute for Social, and Economic Research, 2011, University of Essex, 2011, UK, 16 - 22
2011
Hudders, L.; Pandelaere, M. The Silver Lining of Materialism: The Impact of Luxury Consumption on Subjective Well-Being.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2012, Vol. 13, 411 - 437
2012
Hofstetter, P.; Madjar, M. Linking Change in Happiness, Time Use, Sustainable Consumption, and Environmental Impacts. An Attempt to Understand Time-Rebound Effects.
Final Report, Büro für Analyse & Oekologie, 2003, Zürich, Switzerland
2003
Stutzer, A.; Frey, B.S. What Happiness Research can Tell Us about Self-Control Problems and Utility Misprediction.
Frey, B.S.; Stutzer, A.; Eds.: " Economics and Psychology", MIT Press, 2007, Cambridge, USA, 169 - 195
2007
Guillen-Royo, M.; Velazco, J. Happy Villages and Unhappy Slums? Understanding Happiness Determinants in Peru.
Selin, H.; Davey, G; Eds.: "Happiness Across Cultures. Views of Happiness and Quality of Life in Non-Western Cultures Across Cultures. The History of Non-Western Science 6.", Springer, 2012, New York, USA, 253 - 270
2012
Noll, H.H.; Weick, S. Lebenszufriedenheit steigt mit der Höhe der Konsumausgaben. (Life Satisfaction rises with Expenditures for Consumption).
ISI, 2014, Vol. 51, 1 - 6
2014
Kaun, D.E. Income and Happiness: Earning and Spending as Sources of Discontent.
The Journal of Socio-Economics, 2005, Vol. 34, 161 - 177
2005
Xiao, J.J.; Li, H. Sustainable Consumption and Life Satisfaction.
Social Indicators Research, 2011, Vol. 104, 323 -329
2011
Hassenzahl, M.; Diefenbach, S.; Eckoldt, K. Designing Moments of Meaning and Pleasure, Experience Design and Happiness
International Journal of Design, 2013, Vol. 7, 21
2013
Saaksjarvi, M.; Hellén, K. How Designers and Marketers Can Work Together to Support Consumers' Happiness.
International Journal of Design, 2013, Vol. 7, 33
2013
Desmet, P.; Pohlmeyer, A.E. Positive Design: An Introduction to Design for Subjective Well-Being.
International Journal of Design, 2013, Vol. 7, 5
2013
Ahuvia, A.C.; Izberk-Bilgin, E. Well-Being in Consumer Societies.
David, S. A.; Boniwell, I.; Ayers, A. C.; Eds: "The Oxford Handbook of Happiness", Oxford University Press, 2013, Oxford, UK, 482 - 497
2013
Patterson, L.; Biswas-Diener, R. Consuming Happiness.
Brey, P.; Briggle, A.; Spence, E.; Eds: "The Good Life in a Technical Age", Routledge, 2012, NY, USA, 147 - 156
2012
Forgas, J.P.; Ciarrochi, J.V. On Being Happy and Possessive: The Interactive Effects of Mood and Personality on Consumer Judgments.
Journal of Psychology & Marketing, 2001, Vol. 18, 239 - 260
2001
Hinks, T.; Davies, S. Life Satisfaction in Malawi and the Importance of Relative Consumption, Polygamy and Religion.
Journal of International Development, 2008, Vol. 20, 888 - 904
2008
Hsee, C.K.; Tang, C.S.; Xu, F. Two Recommendations on the Pursuit of Happiness.
The Journal of Legal Studies, 2008, Vol. 37, 115 - 132
2008
Nicolao, L.; Goodman, J.K.; Irwin, J.R. Happiness for Sale: Do Experiential Purchases Make Consumers Happier than Material Purchases?
Journal of Consumer Research, 2009, Vol. 36, 188 - 198
2009
Pugno, M. Scitovsky and the Income-Happiness Paradox.
DDSE Working Paper, 2011, no. 7, Cassino, Italy
2011
Akay, A.; Bargain, O.; Dolls, Income, Taxes and Happiness.
IZA Conference Paper, 2012, 1-31, Bonn, Germany
2012
Kumar, A.; Gilovich, T.; Killingsworth, M.A. Waiting for Merlot: Anticipatory Consumption of Experiential and Material Purchases.
Psychological Science Published Online, 2014.
2014
Stanca, L.; Veenhoven, R. Consumption and Happiness: An Introduction.
International Review of Economics, 2015, Vol. 62, 91 - 99
2015
Dumludag, D Consumption and Life Satisfaction at Different Levels of economic development
International Review of Economics, 2015, Vol. 62, 163 - 182
2015
Gökdemir, O. Consumption, Savings and Life Satisfaction: the Turkish Case
International Review of Economics, 2015, Vol. 62, 183 - 196
2015
Zhang, J.; Xiong, Y. Effects of Multifaceted Consumption on Happiness in Life: a Case Study in Japan based on an Integrated Approach
International Review of Economics, 2015, Vol. 62, 143 - 162
2015
Noll, H.H.; Weick, S. Consumption Expenditures and Subjective Well-Being: Empirical Evidence from Germany
International Review of Economics, 2015, Vol. 62, 101 - 119
2015
Ayerakwa, H.M; Akoto, I.O.; Osei, R.D. Poverty and Happiness An Examination of the Factors Influencing Happiness among the Extreme Poor in Rural Ghana.
WIDER Working Paper, 2015, No. 034, 1 - 15, Ghana
2015
House, J.; DeVoe, S E; Zhong, C.B. Too Impatient to Smell the Roses: Exposure to Fast Food Impedes Happiness.
Social Psychological and Personality Science 2014, Vol. 5, 534 - 541
2014
Wang, H.; Cheng, Z.; Smyth, R. Does Consuming More Make You Happier? Evidence from Chinese Panel Data.
Monash DOE Working Paper, 2015, No. 29, 1 - 26
2015
Hudders, L.; Pandelaere, M. Is Having a Taste of Luxury a good Idea? How Use vs Ownership of luxury Products affects Satisfaction with Life.
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2015, Vol. 10, 253 - 262
2015
Perez-Truglia, R. A Test of the Conspicuous-Consumption Model using Subjective Well-Being Data.
Harvard University, Microsoft Research, 2013, Working Paper 2011, 1 - 21
2013
Chancellor, J.; Lyubomirsky, S. Happiness and Thrift: When (spending) Less is (hedonically) More.
Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2011, Vol. 21, 131 - 138
2011
VanHoorn, A.A.; Senturk, E. Consumer Capital as the Source of Happiness: The Missing Economic Theory Underlying the Income-Happiness Paradox.
NICE Working Paper, 2012, Vol. 108, 1 - 22
2012
Yu, Y.; Jing, F.; Suardi, A. Impact of Material vs. Experiential Purchase Types on Happiness: The moderating Role of Self-discrepancy.
Journal of Consumer Behavior, 2016, Vol. 15, 571 - 579
2016
Carver, T.; Grimes, A. Income or Consumption: Which Better Predicts Subjective Wellbeing?
Motu Working Paper, 2016, Vol. 12, 1 - 45
2016
Masferrer-Dodas, E.; Reyes-Garcia, V.; Rico-Garcia, L. Consumption of Market Goods and Wellbeing in small-scale Societies: An Empirical Test among the Tsimane' in the Bolivian Amazon.
Ecological Economics, 2012, Vol. 84, 213 - 220
2012
Cogoy, M. Enjoyment of Life, the Structure of Time and Economic Dynamics.
book: Handbook on the Economics of Happiness, Chapter 9, 170 - 184
2007
Guillen-Royo, M. Well-Being and Consumption: Towards a Theoretical approach based on Human needs Satisfaction.
Book: Handbook of the Economics of Happiness, 2007, Chapter 8, 151 - 168
2007
Burger, M.; Chiperi, F.; Kang, X.; Veenhoven, R. Happiness and Consumption; A Review of Research.
Working paper, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization EHERO, 2015, Netherlands
2015
Boyce, C.J.; Daly, M.; hounkpatin, H.O. Money May Buy Happiness, but Often So Little That It Doesn’t Matter.
Psychological Science, 2016, Vol. 1,1- 4 
2016
Gunes, O. Physiconomics for the Identification of Relativistic Satisfaction.
Econstor Working Paper, 2016, No.10419, 1 - 21
2016
Brockmann, H.; Yan, S. My Car is Bigger than Yours: Consumption, Status Competition, and Happiness in Times of Affluence
Eds.: Brockmann, H and Delhey, J. "Human Happiness and the Pursuit of Maximization", Springer Science+Business Media, 2013, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Chapter 10
2013
Guven, C. Reversing the Question: Does Happiness Affect Consumption and Savings Behavior?
SOEP paper Nr. 219, DIW Berlin, 2009
2009
Matz, S.C.; Gladstone, J.J.; Stillwell, D Money Buys Happiness When Spending Fits Our Personality
Psychological Science, 2016, Vol. 27, 715 - 725
2016
Zimmermann, S. Essays on Consumption Choice, Well-Being, and Pension Design.
PhD dissertation, 2014, Economics, University of Vienna, Austria
2014
Cook, J.M.; Black, B.S.; Rabins, P.V. Life Satisfaction and Symptoms of Mental Disorder Among Older African American Public Housing Residents.
Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 2000, Vol. 6, 1 - 15
2000
Kekalainen, T.M.; Kokko, K.; Wilska, T.A. Leisure Consumption and well-Being among Older Adults: Does Age or Life Situation Matter?
Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2017, Vol. 12, 671 - 691
2017
Mogilner, C.; Whillans, A.V. Time, Money, and Subjective Well-Being.
NobaScholar, 2018,Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds.), Handbook of well-being, 1 - 17
2018
Guthrie, K.; Sokolowsky, J. Characterising the Choice Environment: Feeling Constrained as an Impediment to Happiness.
International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2013, Vol. 1, 261 - 273
2013
Wu, F. An Examination of the Effects of Consumption Expenditures on Life Satisfaction Australia.
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, Vol. 21, 2735 - 2771
2020
Tu, Y.; Hsee, C.K. Hedonomics: On Subtle Yet Significant Determinants of Happiness.
In E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds.), "Handbook of well-being", 2018, DEF Publishers, Salt Lake City, United States of America, 1-12
2018
Cui, Z. Happiness and Consumption: Evidence from China
International Review of Economic, 2018, Vol. 65, 40-419
2018
Bögenhold, D.; Naz, F. Consumption and Life-Styles
Palgrave Macmilan Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2012, Cham, Switzerland
2018
Diener, E.; Oishi, S.; Ryan, K. Universals and Cultural Differences in the Causes and Structure of Happiness: A Multilevel Review
Keyes C.L.M. (ed.): "Mental Well-Being: International Contributions to the Study of Positive Mental Health", 2013, Springer Science+Busines Media Dordrecht, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 153 - 176
2013
Aknin, L.B.; Hanniball, K.H.; Wiwad, D. Buying Well‐Being: Spending Behavior and Happiness
Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2018, online, 1 - 12
2018
Veenhoven, R.; Chiperi, F.; Kang, X. Happiness and Consumption. A review of Research
Working Paper, 2018, Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO), Nr. 2018/2, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
2018
Neulinger, A.; Rado, M. The Impact of Household Life-cycle Stages on Subjective Well-being: Considering the Effect of Household Expenditures in Hungary
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2018, Vol. 42, 16 - 26
2017
Veenhoven, R.; Burger, M.; Chiperi, F.; Kang, J.H. Happiness and Consumption: A Research Synthesis Using an Online Finding Archive
SAGE Open, 2021, online, 1-21
2021
Zhang, L.; Adique, A.; Sarkar, P.; Shenai, V. The Impact of Routine Skin Care on the Quality of Life
Cosmetics, 2020, Vol. 7, 1-13
2020
Jaunky, V.C.; Jeetoo, J.; Rampersad, S. Happiness and Consumption in Mauritius: An Exploratory Study of Socio‑Economic Dimensions, Basic Needs, Luxuries and Personality Traits
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2020, Vol. 21, 2377-2403
2020
Choung, Y.; Chatterjee, S.; Pak, T.Y. Consumption and Life Satisfaction: The Korean Evidence
International Journal of Consumer Studies, 2020, online, 1 -13
2020
Bernini, C.; Emili, S.; Galli, F. Does Urbanization Matter in the Expenditure-Happiness Nexus?
Papers in Regional Science, 2021, Vol. 100, 1403 - 1428
2021
Dumludag, D; Gökdemir, O.; Veenhoven, R. Does spending make us happy? The role of consumption on Life-satisfaction
International journal of Business and Applied Social Sciences (IJBASS), 7 (10)
2021