Teaching happiness (economics) in your dismal-science courses

Cooper, Kristen B., Heffetz, Ori, Ifcher, John, Oparina, Ekaterina ORCID: 0000-0002-1544-8751 and Wu, Stephen (2025) Teaching happiness (economics) in your dismal-science courses. Journal of Economic Education, 57 (2). ISSN 0022-0485 (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper discusses ideas for incorporating the study of happiness and other measures of self-reported or subjective well-being (SWB) into undergraduate economics courses. We begin by motivating why students of economics would benefit from learning about SWB, and then proceed to provide examples of ways to introduce this topic into different parts of the curriculum: macroeconomics, microeconomics, and upper division electives.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	School of Public Policy Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
JEL classification:	A - General Economics and Teaching > A2 - Economics Education and Teaching of Economics > A22 - Undergraduate I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I3 - Welfare and Poverty > I30 - General
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2025 09:18
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2025 09:18
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129888

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