Vacationers Happier, but Most not Happier After a Holiday

Vacationers Happier, but Most not Happier After a Holiday

The aim of this study was to obtain a greater insight into the association between vacations and happiness. We examined whether vacationers differ in happiness, compared to those not going on holiday, and if a holiday trip boosts post-trip happiness. These questions were addressed in a pre-test/post-test design study among 1,530 Dutch individuals. 974 vacationers answered questions about their ...

Predicting a Happier Place

In communities with higher well-being, people live longer and more productive lives, and local economies flourish. In an effort to improve understanding of what leads to vibrant communities and fulfilling lifestyles, our project explored community-level factors and their significance for determining well-being in Americas largest metropolitan areas. We hypothesized that the frequency of points ...

Living Longer! Living Happier?

Do Cigarette Taxes Make Smokers Happier?

To measure how policy changes affect social welfare, economists typically look at how policies affect behavior, and use a formal model to infer welfare consequences from the behavioral responses. But when different models can map the same behavior to very different welfare impacts, it becomes hard to draw firm conclusions about many policies. An excellent example of this conundrum is the taxati...

HMOs, employers happier with their PBMs.

HMOs and, to a lesser extent, employers that contract with pharmacy benefit management companies were happier last year than they were the year before with the PBMs’ performance, the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute found in a poll. PBMI received responses from 330 large employers (more than 2,500 employees each) covering more than 10.5 million people, and 69 HMOs with a collective enrollm...