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JournalofHappinessStudies
August2014
Date:10Aug2014

CapabilityandHappiness:ASuggestedIntegrationFromaDynamicPerspective
Abstract
Inthestudyofhumanwelfareandprogress,twoprominentapproachesstandout,buttheyappeartohaveoppositeperspectivesandeven
oppositeweaknesses.Thecapabilityapproach(CA),foundedbyA.Sen,focusesontheobjectivefactorsthatcontributetohumanwelfare.The
happinessapproach(HA),initiatedbyR.Easterlin,focusesonsubjectivewellbeingastheoutcomeoflivingconditions.Themainweaknesses
regardaggregationfortheCAbutnotfortheHA,andadaptationfortheCAbutnotfortheHA.Thepapersuggeststointegratethetwo
approachesbyadoptingtheperspectiveofendogenousdynamicswhichwasputforwardbyScitovsky(whowasaforerunneroftheHA)but
whichremainedundeveloped.Thisperspectivehelpstoavoidthejustmentionedandotherweaknessesitwidenstheresearchfieldtoinclude
bothpoorandrichcountriesandcommunitiesanditcontributestolinktheobjectivewiththesubjectiveevaluationsofindividualwelfare.
Empiricalevidencedrawnfromtherecentinterdisciplinaryliteratureprovidessomesupportfortheanalyses.
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CapabilityandHappiness:ASuggestedIntegrationFromaDynamicPerspective

Journal
JournalofHappinessStudies
DOI
10.1007/s1090201495597
PrintISSN
13894978
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QualityofLifeResearch
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Keywords
Capabilityapproach
Happinessapproach
AmartyaSen
TiborScitovsky
Wellbeing
Endogenousdynamics
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MaurizioPugno(1)
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1.DepartmentofEconomicsandLawandCreaM,UniversityofCassino,CampusFolcara,03043,Cassino,Italy

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