Research Interests:
Applied microeconomics, Subjective well-being, Development economics, Labor economics.
Papers:
Laura Angelescu
"Life
Satisfaction and the Economic Transition in Poland" (job market paper,
submitted) (abstract)(pdf)
Laura Angelescu
"Transition at Work: A Comparison of Job Satisfaction and Its
Determinants in Eastern and Western Europe" (abstract) (pdf)
Richard A. Easterlin and Laura Angelescu
"Happiness and Growth the World Over: Time Series Evidence on the
Happiness - Income Paradox" (abstract)
(IZA)
Happiness, Growth, and the Life Cycle
(Richard A. Easterlin), New York, Oxford University Press, Chapter 5,
2010
Richard A. Easterlin and Laura Angelescu
"Modern Economic Growth and Quality of Life: Cross Sectional and Time
Series Evidence" (abstract) (IZA)
Handbook of Social Indicators and Quality-of-Life Research
(Kenneth C. Land, ed.), New York and London, Springer, forthcoming 2010
Richard A. Easterlin, Laura
Angelescu, and Jacqueline S. Zweig
"The Impact of Modern Economic Growth on Urban-Rural Differences in
Subjective Well-Being" (submitted)
Richard A. Easterlin, Laura
Angelescu, Malgorzata Switek, Onnicha Sawangfa, and Jacqueline
S. Zweig
"The Happiness Income Paradox Revisited" (submitted)
Research Statement:
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