| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w16415 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 16415 |
| Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal | |
| Lara B. Aknin; Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh; Elizabeth W. Dunn; John F. Helliwell; Robert Biswas-Diener; Imelda Kemeza; Paul Nyende; Claire E. Ashton-James; Michael I. Norton | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-09-30 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that prosocial spending is consistently associated with greater happiness. To test for causality, we conduct experiments within two very different countries (Canada and Uganda) and show that spending money on others has a consistent, causal impact on happiness. In contrast to traditional economic thought--which places self-interest as the guiding principle of human motivation--our findings suggest that the reward experienced from helping others may be deeply ingrained in human nature, emerging in diverse cultural and economic contexts. |
| 主题 | Microeconomics ; Welfare and Collective Choice ; Public Economics ; Taxation ; Health, Education, and Welfare ; Poverty and Wellbeing |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w16415 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/574090 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lara B. Aknin,Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh,Elizabeth W. Dunn,et al. Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal. 2010. |
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