Richard A. Easterlin

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• University of Southern California / Department of Economics
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• Does Human Fertility Adjust to the Environment? (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:61:y:1971:i:2:p:399-407)
  by Easterlin, Richard A
• The Worldwide Standard of Living since 1800 (RePEc:aea:jecper:v:14:y:2000:i:1:p:7-26)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Diminishing Marginal Utility of Income? A Caveat (RePEc:bep:usclwp:usclwps-1004)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Explaining Happiness (RePEc:bep:usclwp:usclwps-1005)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Feeding the Illusion of Growth and Happiness: A Reply to Hagery and Veenhoven (RePEc:bep:usclwp:usclwps-1007)
  by Richard Easterlin
• HAPPINESS, GROWTH, AND PUBLIC POLICY-super-† (RePEc:bla:ecinqu:v:51:y:2013:i:1:p:1-15)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Happily Ever After? Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Happiness in Germany (RePEc:bla:popdev:v:32:y:2006:i:3:p:511-528)
  by Anke C. Zimmermann & Richard A. Easterlin
• Well‐Being, Front and Center: A Note on the Sarkozy Report (RePEc:bla:popdev:v:36:y:2010:i:1:p:119-124)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Cross-Sections Are History (RePEc:bla:popdev:v:38:y:2013:i::p:302-308)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Long Term Regional Income Changes: Some Suggested Factors (RePEc:bla:presci:v:4:y:1958:i:1:p:313-325)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Well-Being, Front and Center: A Note on the Sarkozy Report (RePEc:ces:ifodic:v:8:y:2010:i:04:p:22-25)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The Reluctant Economist (RePEc:cup:cbooks:9780521685115)
  by Easterlin,Richard A.
• The Reluctant Economist (RePEc:cup:cbooks:9780521829748)
  by Easterlin,Richard A.
• How beneficent is the market? A look at the modern history of mortality (RePEc:cup:ereveh:v:3:y:1999:i:03:p:257-294_00)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Approaches to Economic Development. By Norman S. Buchanan and Howard S. Ellis. New York: The Twentieth Century Fund, 1955. Pp. xiv, 494. $5.00 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:17:y:1957:i:03:p:459-461_08)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• The Economic Growth of the United States, 1790-1860. By Douglass C. North. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1961. Pp. xvi, 304. $6.75 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:22:y:1962:i:01:p:122-126_10)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Population Change and Farm Settlement in the Northern United States (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:36:y:1976:i:01:p:45-75_09)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Reply to Bogue (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:36:y:1976:i:01:p:81-83_11)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Fertility and Scarcity in America. By Peter H. Lindert. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978. Pp. xi, 395 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:40:y:1980:i:02:p:440-441_10)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:41:y:1981:i:01:p:1-17_04)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Structures of American Social History. By Walter Nugent. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981. Pp. xii, 206. $12.95 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:41:y:1981:i:04:p:926-927_04)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Education and Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Edited by Gabriel Tortella. Valencia, Spain: Generalitat Valenciana, 1990. Pp. x, 353 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:52:y:1992:i:01:p:259-260_01)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• General and Miscellaneous - The Economics of New Goods. Edited by Timothy F. Bresnahan and Robert J. Gordon. Studies in Income and Wealth. Volume 58. Chicago: University of Chicago Press for the Natio (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:57:y:1997:i:04:p:980-982_01)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• The Record of Global Economic Development. By Eric Jones. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2000. Pp. xviii, 226 (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:63:y:2003:i:01:p:307-308_63)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Political Arithmetic: Simon Kuznets and the Empirical Tradition in Economics.. By Robert William Fogel, Enid M. Fogel, Mark Guglielmo, and Nathaniel Grotte. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2013. (RePEc:cup:jechis:v:73:y:2013:i:04:p:1191-1192_00)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism (RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp94)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Life Satisfaction and Economic Conditions in East and West Germany Pre- and Post-Unification (RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp95)
  by Richard A. Easterlin & Anke C. Zimmermann
• Income and Happiness: Towards an Unified Theory (RePEc:ecj:econjl:v:111:y:2001:i:473:p:465-84)
  by Easterlin, Richard A
• Preferences and prices in choice of career: The switch to business, 1972-1987 (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:27:y:1995:i:1:p:1-34)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Will raising the incomes of all increase the happiness of all? (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:27:y:1995:i:1:p:35-47)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Subjective well-being and economic analysis: a brief introduction (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:45:y:2001:i:3:p:225-226)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• A puzzle for adaptive theory (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:56:y:2005:i:4:p:513-521)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Life satisfaction and economic conditions in East and West Germany pre- and post-unification (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:68:y:2008:i:3-4:p:433-444)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Plagnol, Anke C.
• Lost in transition: Life satisfaction on the road to capitalism (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:71:y:2009:i:2:p:130-145)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Life cycle happiness and its sources: Intersections of psychology, economics, and demography (RePEc:eee:joepsy:v:27:y:2006:i:4:p:463-482)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Life cycle welfare: evidence and conjecture (RePEc:eee:soceco:v:30:y:2001:i:1:p:31-61)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Locational restructuring and financial crises (RePEc:eee:streco:v:11:y:2000:i:1-2:p:129-138)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• The Impact of Modern Economic Growth on Urban–Rural Differences in Subjective Well-Being (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:39:y:2011:i:12:p:2187-2198)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Angelescu, Laura & Zweig, Jacqueline S.
• Happiness in Economics (RePEc:elg:eebook:2479)
  by None
• Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: New Directions for the Economics of Happiness (RePEc:elg:eechap:13280_4)
  by Richard A. Easterlin & Onnicha Sawangfa
• Growth and happiness in China, 1990–2015 (RePEc:elg:eechap:18839_8)
  by Richard A. Easterlin & Fei Wang & Shun Wang
• The Story of a Reluctant Economist (RePEc:elg:eechap:3289_8)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Life satisfaction of rich and poor under socialism and capitalism (RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:1:y:2012:i:1:p:112-126)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Three Revolutions of the Modern Era (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12435)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• The Easterlin Paradox (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp13923)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & O'Connor, Kelsey J.
• Why Does Happiness Respond Differently to an Increase vs. Decrease in Income? (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp14645)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Life Satisfaction and Economic Outcomes in Germany Pre- and Post-Unification (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2494)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Zimmermann, Anke
• Happiness and Domain Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2584)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Sawangfa, Onnicha
• Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time Series Evidence (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2755)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Angelescu McVey, Laura
• Lost in Transition: Life Satisfaction on the Road to Capitalism (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp3409)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Happiness and Economic Growth: Does the Cross Section Predict Time Trends? Evidence from Developing Countries (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp4000)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Sawangfa, Onnicha
• Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the Happiness-Income Paradox (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp4060)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Angelescu McVey, Laura
• The Happiness-Income Paradox Revisited (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp5799)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Angelescu McVey, Laura & Switek, Maggie & Sawangfa, Onnicha & Zweig, Jacqueline Smith
• Happiness and Economic Growth: The Evidence (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7187)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• China's Life Satisfaction, 1990-2010 (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7196)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Morgan, Robson & Switek, Maggie & Wang, Fei
• Happiness, Growth, and Public Policy (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7234)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Cross Sections Are History (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7341)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Building a Better Theory of Well-Being (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp742)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Paradox Lost? (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9676)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Beyond Gender Differences in U.S. Life Cycle Happiness (RePEc:mab:wpaper:2)
  by Enrico A. Macelli & Richard A. Easterlin
• Analysis (RePEc:mes:challe:v:35:y:1992:i:4:p:51-53)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The American Baby Boom in Historical Perspective (RePEc:nbr:nberbk:east62-1)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Population, Labor Force, and Long Swings in Economic Growth: The American Experience (RePEc:nbr:nberbk:east68-1)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries (RePEc:nbr:nberbk:east80-1)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The Income Side: Some Theoretical Aspects (RePEc:nbr:nberch:0550)
  by Raymond T. Bowman & Richard A. Eastern
• Introduction and Summary (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1116)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Historical Patterns and Preliminary Causal Analysis (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1117)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The Analytical Model: Recent and Prospective Experience (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1118)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The American Baby Boom in Historical Perspective (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1119)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The Current Fertility Decline and Projected Fertility Changes (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1120)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Recent and Projected Labor Force Growth in the Light of Longer-term Experience (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1121)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Differential Changes in Sex-Age Specific Participation Rates (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1122)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapter 2 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1123)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapter 3 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1124)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapter 4 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1125)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapter 5 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1126)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapter 6 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1127)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapters 6 and 7 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1128)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix for Chapter 7 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1129)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• American Population since 1940 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:11298)
  by Richard A. Easterlin & Victor R. Fuchs & Simon Kuznets
• Bibliography (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1130)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Staff Reports: National Income and Capital Formation (RePEc:nbr:nberch:1296)
  by Simon Kuznets & Morris A. Copeland & Michael Gort & Moses Abramovitz & Richard Easterlin
• Foreword to "The American Baby Boom in Historical Perspective" (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2020)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Kuznets Cycles in U.S. Population Growth and Fertility (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2021)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Reasons for Kuznets Cycles in Fertility of Different Population Groups (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2022)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Conclusions and Possible Implications (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2023)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• References (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2024)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix A: Basic Data (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2025)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix B: Analyses of Components of Change in Total White and Total Native White Fertility (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2026)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Appendix C: Detailed Notes to Appendix A and B Tables (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2027)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Interregional Differences in Per Capita Income, Population, and Total Income, 1840-1950 (RePEc:nbr:nberch:2475)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Introduction to "Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries" (RePEc:nbr:nberch:9662)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Toward a More General Economic Model of Fertility Determination: Endogenous Preferences and Natural Fertility (RePEc:nbr:nberch:9664)
  by Richard Easterlin & Robert Pollak & Michael L. Wachter
• Paradox Lost? (RePEc:now:jnlrbe:105.00000068)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Israel's Development: Past Accomplishments and Future Problems (RePEc:oup:qjecon:v:75:y:1961:i:1:p:63-86.)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle (RePEc:oxp:obooks:9780198779988)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle (RePEc:oxp:obooks:9780199597093)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Three Revolutions of the Modern Era (RePEc:pal:compes:v:61:y:2019:i:4:d:10.1057_s41294-019-00098-9)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Does Economic Growth Improve the Human Lot? Some Empirical Evidence (RePEc:pra:mprapa:111773)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• The Story of a Reluctant Economist (RePEc:sae:amerec:v:41:y:1997:i:2:p:11-21)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Economics (RePEc:sae:anname:v:367:y:1966:i:1:p:223-225)
  by Richard A. Easterlin & John Adams
• Effects of Population Growth on the Economic Development of Developing Countries (RePEc:sae:anname:v:369:y:1967:i:1:p:98-108)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The Globalization of Human Development (RePEc:sae:anname:v:570:y:2000:i:1:p:32-48)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Is There an "Iron Law of Happiness"? (RePEc:scp:wpaper:05-8)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Life Satisfaction and Economic Outcomes in Germany Pre- and Post-Unification (RePEc:scp:wpaper:06-58)
  by Richard A. Easterlin & Anke Zimmermann
• What will 1984 be like? Socioeconomic implications of recent twists in age structure (RePEc:spr:demogr:v:15:y:1978:i:4:p:397-432)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Long swings in u.s. demographic and economic growth: some findings on the historical pattern (RePEc:spr:demogr:v:2:y:1965:i:1:p:490-507)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Echoes of the baby boom and bust: Recent and prospective changes in living alone among elderly widows in the united states (RePEc:spr:demogr:v:32:y:1995:i:1:p:17-28)
  by Diane Macunovich & Richard Easterlin & Christine Schaeffer & Eileen Crimmins
• On the relation of economic factors to recent and projected fertility changes (RePEc:spr:demogr:v:3:y:1966:i:1:p:131-153)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Life Transitions and Life Satisfaction During Young Adulthood (RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:19:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1007_s10902-016-9817-y)
  by Malgorzata Switek & Richard A. Easterlin
• Life Cycle Welfare: Trends and Differences (RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:2:y:2001:i:1:p:1-12)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Is Reported Happiness Five Years Ago Comparable to Present Happiness? A Cautionary Note (RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:3:y:2002:i:2:p:193-198)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Aspirations, Attainments, and Satisfaction: Life Cycle Differences Between American Women and Men (RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:9:y:2008:i:4:p:601-619)
  by Anke Plagnol & Richard Easterlin
• Industrial Revolution and Mortality Revolution: Two of a Kind? (RePEc:spr:joevec:v:5:y:1995:i:4:p:393-408)
  by Easterlin, Richard A
• How Have American Baby Boomers Fared? Earnings and Economic Well-Being of Young Adults, 1964-1987 (RePEc:spr:jopoec:v:3:y:1990:i:4:p:277-90)
  by Easterlin, Richard A & Macdonald, Christine & Macunovich, Diane J
• Diminishing Marginal Utility of Income? Caveat Emptor (RePEc:spr:soinre:v:70:y:2005:i:3:p:243-255)
  by Richard Easterlin
• Feeding the Illusion of Growth and Happiness: A Reply to Hagerty and Veenhoven (RePEc:spr:soinre:v:74:y:2005:i:3:p:429-443)
  by Richard Easterlin
• The Quality-of-Life (QOL) Research Movement: Past, Present, and Future (RePEc:spr:soinre:v:76:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_s11205-005-2877-8)
  by M. Joseph Sirgy & Alex C. Michalos & Abbott L. Ferriss & Richard A. Easterlin & Donald Patrick & William Pavot
• The Qualityity-of-Life (QOL) Research Movement: Past, Present, and Future (RePEc:spr:soinre:v:76:y:2006:i:3:p:343-466)
  by M. Sirgy & Alex Michalos & Abbott Ferriss & Richard Easterlin & Donald Patrick & William Pavot
• An Economist’s Lessons on Happiness (RePEc:spr:sprbok:978-3-030-61962-6)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Introduction (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_1)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Who Is Happier: Young or Old? Women or Men? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_10)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• More on Money and Happiness (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_11)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• What About Democracy, Religion, Charity, Volunteering, Etc.? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_12)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Who to Believe? Psychology or Economics? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_13)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Critiquing the Paradox (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_14)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Dawn of the Happiness Revolution (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_15)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Dream on, Professor! (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_16)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Measuring Happiness (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_2)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Does Money Make People Happy? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_3)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• How Does Health Affect Happiness? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_4)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Family Life and Happiness (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_5)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• How Can I Increase My Happiness? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_6)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Can Government Increase My Happiness: Transition Countries (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_7)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Can Government Increase My Happiness: Nordic Countries (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_8)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• Happiness or GDP? (RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-61962-6_9)
  by Richard A. Easterlin
• The Fertility Revolution (RePEc:ucp:bkecon:9780226180298)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & Crimmins, Eileen M.
• Birth and Fortune (RePEc:ucp:bkecon:9780226180328)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries (RePEc:ucp:bknber:9780226180274)
  by None
• New Perspectives on the Demographic Transition: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of an Indian State, 1951-1975 (RePEc:ucp:ecdecc:v:32:y:1984:i:2:p:227-53)
  by Crimmins, Eileen M & Easterlin, Richard A & Jejeebhoy, Shireen J & Srinivasan, K
• Application Of Granger-Sims Causality Tests To Monthly Fertility Data, 1958-1984 (RePEc:wil:wileco:142)
  by Macunovich, D.J. & Easterlin, R.A.
• Prices and Preferences in Choice of Career: The Switch to Business, 1972-87 (RePEc:wil:wilehe:21)
  by Easterlin, Richard A.
• The Easterlin Paradox (RePEc:zbw:glodps:743)
  by Easterlin, Richard A. & O’Connor, Kelsey J.