PSC In The News
U-M's Wolfers on study showing "outright hostility" toward women in economics
Savolainen links antisocial behavior in childhood to disadvantage and poverty in adulthood
Norton et al. put dollar value on relief from chronic pain for Americans age 50+
Highlights
Viewing the eclipse from ISR-Thompson
Paula Fomby to succeed Jennifer Barber as Associate Director of PSC
PSC community celebrates Violet Elder's retirement from PSC
Inglehart and World Values Survey cited in WSJ Op Ed on global happiness indicators
a PSC In The News reference, 2012
"Happiness Prescribed" - Wall Street Journal. 04/03/2012.
Recently the United Nations has begun looking into the factors that contribute to a nation's well-being and happiness. In this opinion piece, Ron Inglehart is quoted on his findings from the WVS: "Generally, a rising global sense of freedom in the last quarter-century has eclipsed the contribution of pure economic development to happiness."