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CapabilityandHappiness:ASuggestedIntegrationFromaDynamicPerspectiveAbstractInthestudyofhumanwelfareandprogress,twoprominentapproachesstandout,buttheyappeartohaveoppositeperspectivesandevenoppositeweaknesses.Thecapabilityapproach(CA),foundedbyA.Sen,focusesontheobjectivefactorsthatcontributetohumanwelfare.Thehappinessapproach(HA),initiatedbyR.Easterlin,focusesonsubjectivewellbeingastheoutcomeoflivingconditions.ThemainweaknessesregardaggregationfortheCAbutnotfortheHA,andadaptationfortheCAbutnotfortheHA.ThepapersuggeststointegratethetwoapproachesbyadoptingtheperspectiveofendogenousdynamicswhichwasputforwardbyScitovsky(whowasaforerunneroftheHA)butwhichremainedundeveloped.Thisperspectivehelpstoavoidthejustmentionedandotherweaknessesitwidenstheresearchfieldtoincludebothpoorandrichcountriesandcommunitiesanditcontributestolinktheobjectivewiththesubjectiveevaluationsofindividualwelfare.Empiricalevidencedrawnfromtherecentinterdisciplinaryliteratureprovidessomesupportfortheanalyses.

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TitleCapabilityandHappiness:ASuggestedIntegrationFromaDynamicPerspective

JournalJournalofHappinessStudies

DOI10.1007/s1090201495597

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1.DepartmentofEconomicsandLawandCreaM,UniversityofCassino,CampusFolcara,03043,Cassino,Italy

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