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Teaching happiness (economics) in your dismal-science courses

Kristen B. Cooper et al.

The Journal of Economic Education2026https://doi.org/10.1080/00220485.2026.2613843article
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The authors of this article discuss ideas for incorporating the study of happiness and other measures of self-reported or subjective well-being (SWB) into undergraduate economics courses. They begin by motivating why economics students would benefit from learning about SWB, and then proceed to provide examples of ways to introduce this topic into different parts of the curriculum: macroeconomics, microeconomics, and upper-division electives.

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@article{kristen2026,
  title        = {{Teaching happiness (economics) in your dismal-science courses}},
  author       = {Kristen B. Cooper et al.},
  journal      = {The Journal of Economic Education},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/00220485.2026.2613843},
}

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F · citation impact0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20
M · momentum0.50 × 0.15 = 0.07
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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