Happiness, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy

The economics of "happiness" shares a feature with behavioral economics that raises questions about its usefulness in public policy analysis. What happiness economists call "habituation" refers to the fact that people's reported well-being reverts to a base level, even after major life events such“幸福”经济学与行为经济学有着一个共同特征，这一特征引发了学界对其在公共政策分析中实用性的质疑。幸福经济学家所谓的“习惯化（habituation）”，指的是即便经历了诸如重大人生事件之后，人们报告的幸福感仍会回归至基准水平这一事实。