Understanding Happiness Daniel Sgroi
CAGE and Happiness Research What influences national happiness Understanding how happiness affects individual behaviour Measuring happiness The impact on policy
National Income & Happiness The history of national income measurements Income does matter… …but it is not enough to measure true wellbeing
Our Measure: An Interdisciplinary Approach Using text: sentiment analysis (psychology) The market for books Google books & big data Matches survey data well (when they co-exist) Tracking happiness back for 2 centuries
What Does Our Data Show? The short-run: wars & recessions The long-run: health & longevity – diet, the big health issues, mortality – not income Aspirations