Research

Publications

Veenhoven, R. & Vergunst, F. (2013).  THE EASTERLIN ILLUSION. EHERO Working paper 2013/1

Veenhoven, R. (2012). EVIDENCE BASED PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. EHERO Working paper 2012/1

Bakker, A. & Daniels, K. (2012). A Day in the Life of a Happy Worker

Montizaan, R. & Vendrik, M. (2012). Misery loves company: Exogenous shocks in retirement expectations and social comparison effects on subjective well-being.
METEOR/ROA Research Memorandum, RM/12/048, Maastricht University.
IZA Discussion paper, No. 6863, IZA, Bonn.

Mentesoglu, G. & Vendrik, M. (2012). Adaptation, anticipation and social interaction in happiness: An integrated error-correction approach.
Working paper, Department of Economics, Maastricht University.

Slangen, T. & Vendrik, M. (2012). Are voters for popularistic parties less happy? An empirical investigation for the Netherlands.
Working paper, Department of Economics, Maastricht University.

Sievert, S. & Vendrik, M. (2008). Educational achievement and happiness: Is conferring skills more than just an investment in productivity?
Working paper, Department of Economics, Maastricht University.

Vendrik, M & Hirata, J. (2007). Experienced versus decision utility of income: Relative or absolute happiness.
L. Bruni and P.L. Porta (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of Happiness, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, Ch. 10, pp. 185-208 (abstract).

Vendrik, M. & Woltjer, G. (2007). Happiness and loss aversion: Is utility concave or convex in relative income?
Journal of Public Economics, 91: 1423-1448.

Presentations
Presentations given at the symposium of 22 June can be viewed here.

Work in progress

Prof.dr. A.B. Bakker: Happiness and Work Involvement.

Dr. A. Bergsma: Happiness and illness: Research synthesis.

Lex Borghans & Maarten Vendrik: Happiness and female labour force participation: comparing different institutional equilibria across European regions.

Prof.dr. W.B.F. Brouwer & Dr. N.J.A. van Exel:Happiness and health: Economic evaluation.

Prof.dr. E.K.A. van Doorslaer:Happiness and health: Causal pathways.

Devrim Dumludag, Ozge Gokdemir & Maarten Vendrik: Social comparison and happiness among Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Devrim Dumludag, Ozge Gokdemir & Maarten Vendrik:Social comparison and happiness in Europe.

B. van Landeghem & M. Vendrik:Dynamic loss aversion and happiness.

Dr. W.G.M. Oerlemans:Tools for enhancing happiness: Effects of using the Happiness Indicator.

Prof.dr. K.G. Tijdens:Happiness and work conditions: Analysis of the Wage Indicator Data.

Dr.ir. J. van de Vooren:Does education add to happiness? Research synthesis.

Prof.dr. R. Veenhoven:Happiness and economic growth in nations: Test of the Easterlin paradox.