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Joseph Earley
Researcher at Loyola Marymount University
Publications - 3
Citations - 389
Joseph Earley is an academic researcher from Loyola Marymount University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Subjective well-being & Homo economicus. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 376 citations.
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The Hedonistic Paradox: Is Homo Economicus Happier?
James Konow,Joseph Earley +1 more
TL;DR: The authors found a favorable correlation between generosity and happiness and examined various possible explanations, including that material well-being causes both happiness and generosity, but the evidence from this experiment indicated that a tertiary personality variable, sometimes called psychological wellbeing, is the primary cause of happiness and greater generosity.
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The Hedonistic Paradox: Is Homo Economicus Happier?
James Konow,Joseph Earley +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found a favorable correlation between generosity and happiness and examined various possible explanations, including that material well-being causes both happiness and generosity, but the evidence from this experiment indicated that a tertiary personality variable, sometimes called psychological wellbeing, is the primary cause of happiness and greater generosity.
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The Hedonistic Paradox: Is Homo Economicus Happier?
James Konow,Joseph Earley +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined two questions in connection with happiness and generosity: 1) Do more generous people report on average greater happiness, or subjective well-being (SWB), as measured by responses to various questionnaires? 2) If the answer is affirmative, what is the causal relationship between generosity and happiness?