Research

Research Topics/Interests

  • Subjective Well-Being Research
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Normative Economics/Welfare Economics/Business Ethics
  • Economic Methodology

Work in Progress

  • “Does it have to be a sacrifice? Different notions of the good life, pro-environmental behavior and their heterogeneous impact on well-being”, Working Paper 2018 (with Blankenberg, A.-K. and Guardiola, G.)
  • “Enhancing Well-Being? The Consequences of Civic Engagement and Political Participation in the UK”, Working Paper, 2018
  • “(Home-)Schools of Democracy? On the Intergenerational Transmission of Civic Engagement”, Working Paper, 2017
  • “Entrepreneurial Worries: Self-Employment and Loss of Well-Being“, Working Paper, 2017
  • “Sustainability and Subjective Well-Being”, Working Paper, 2016
  • “Soft paternalism and Subjective Well-Being: How Happiness Research Could Help the Paternalist Improve Individuals’ Well-Being”, Working Paper, 2015