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Nattavudh Powdthavee
Researcher at University of Warwick
Publications - 182
Citations - 6533
Nattavudh Powdthavee is an academic researcher from University of Warwick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Happiness & Life satisfaction. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 172 publications receiving 5499 citations. Previous affiliations of Nattavudh Powdthavee include Centre for Economic Performance & Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research.
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Does Happiness Adapt? A Longitudinal Study of Disability with Implications for Economists and Judges
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that economists ignore the possibility of hedonic adaptation (the idea that people bounce back from utility shocks) and provide longitudinal evidence that individuals who become disabled go on to exhibit recovery in mental wellbeing.
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Does happiness adapt? A longitudinal study of disability with implications for economists and judges
TL;DR: In this article, an empirical study of partial hedonic adaptation is presented, which provides longitudinal evidence that people who become disabled go on to exhibit considerable recovery in mental well-being.
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COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends
TL;DR: Google Trends data is used to test whether COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to changes in well-being related topic search-terms, and finds a substantial increase in the search intensity for boredom and a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and sadness.
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Putting a price tag on friends, relatives, and neighbours: Using surveys of life satisfaction to value social relationships
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the use of shadow pricing method to estimate the monetary values of the satisfaction with life gained by an increase in the frequency of interaction with friends, relatives, and neighbours.
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Unhappiness and Crime: Evidence from South Africa
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the quality of life responses of crime victims and found that crime victims report significantly lower well-being than non-victimized respondents, ceteris paribus, and that criminal victimization hurts, but hurts less if regional crime rate on their reference group is high.