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Max Dalton Some extremely rough research on giving and happiness online A few years back, I was doing an MSc in Economics, and trying to take opportunities to do EA-ish research projects as I went. There had been some discussion about whether giving caused happiness, so I wrote a short paper that tried to look into that.

Some extremely rough research on giving and happiness

Max Dalton

Effective Altruism Forum, September 9, 2020

Abstract

A few years back, I was doing an MSc in Economics, and trying to take opportunities to do EA-ish research projects as I went. There had been some discussion about whether giving caused happiness, so I wrote a short paper that tried to look into that.

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