Economizing Happiness: What's It Worth To You?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 17:49
in Mathematics & Economics
Dr. Paul Frijters has recently made the mainstream news go haywire. It's not because he was recently named this year's Best Australian Economist under 40 by the Economic Society of Australia, or because of his post as professor at the the Queensland University of Technology. No, journalists everywhere are now talking about Dr. Frijters because he has released new information about how people quantify their happiness. By the numbers Frijters gives, men value marriage and other life events more than women do. read more