The Happiness Boomerang Effect: When Positive Activities Backfire
Why do seemingly positive activities have negative consequences?
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Should You Broadcast Your Charitable Side?
Are people viewed as more virtuous when they publicize their good deeds to others?
How to Increase (and Sustain) Political Engagement
How can we sustain political engagement over a lifetime?
How and Why Positive Activities Can Make You Happier
Most people want to be happy. It is a desire that transcends age, culture, geographical location, political belief, religion, and life experience.
Lessons from Building a Behavioral Science Initiative in City Government
Here are eight lessons we learned from building a behavioral science initiative in Philadelphia’s city government.
Hourly Employees Need Reliable Schedules: Can Behavioral Science Help Companies Deliver?
A quick look into the lives of hourly workers (almost 60 percent of the workforce) reveals that there is a lot of financial unhappiness buried in people’s work schedule.