List of publications

Published articles

Bartolini, S., Piekalkiewicz, M., Sarracino, F. and Slater, G. "The moderation effect of social capital in the relationship between own income, social comparisons and subjective well-being: evidence from four international datasets", PlosONE, n. 0288455, 1-25, December 2023, available here.

Sarracino, F., Greyling, T., O'Connor, K.J., Peroni, C. and Rossouw, S. "A year of pandemic: levels, changes and validity of well-being data from Twitter. Evidence from ten countries", PlosONE, n. 0275028, 1-24, February 2023, available here.

Sarracino, F. and O' Connor, K.J. "Neo-humanism and COVID-19: opportunities for a socially and environmentally sustainable world", Applied Research in Quality of Life, vol. 18, n. 1, 9-41, 2023, available here.

Sarracino, F. and O' Connor, K.J. "A measure of well-being efficiency based on the World Happiness Report", International Productivity Monitor, n. 43, 10-40, Fall 2022, available here.

Peroni, C., Pettinger, M., and Sarracino, F. "Productivity gains from worker well-being in Europe", International Productivity Monitor, n. 43, 41-61, Fall 2022, available here.

DiMaria, C.H., Peroni, C., and Sarracino, F. "From economic productivity to productive well-being: the role of life satisfaction and adjusted net savings", International Productivity Monitor, n. 43, 62-80, Fall 2022, available here.

Sarracino, F., O' Connor, K.J. and Ono, H. "Are economic growth and well-being compatible? Welfare reform and life satisfaction in Japan", Oxford Economic Papers, gpab038, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpab038 .

Pugno, M. and Sarracino, F. "Structural changes in economic growth and well-being: the case of Italy's parabola", Social Indicators Research, vol. 158, 801-838, 2021.

Jovanovic V., Sarracino F., Lazic M., and Gavrilov-Jerkovicz V. (2021), "Well-being and the pandemic: Trust in people matters more than trust in institutions", Psychological Reports, On-line first.

Sarracino, F. and Piekalkiewicz, M. "The role of income and social capital for Europeans' well-being during the 2008 economic crisis", Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 22, 1583-1610, 2021.

Fumarco, L., Baert, S. and Sarracino, F. "Younger, dissatisfied, and unhealthy - relative age in adolescence", Economics and Human Biology, vol. 37, 2020.

Dimaria, C.H., Peroni, C. and Sarracino, F. "Happiness matters: a test of the role of well-being in productivity", Journal of Happiness Studies, vol. 21(1), 139-160, 2020.

Sarracino, F., and Fumarco, L. "Assessing the non-financial outcomes of social enterprises in Luxembourg", Journal of Business Ethics, 2018, DOI: 10.1007/s10551-018-4086-9.

Sabatini, F., and Sarracino, F. "Online social networks and trust", Social Indicators Research, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1887-2.

Bartolini, S. and Sarracino, F. "Do people care about future generations? Derived preferences from happiness data", Ecological Economics, 2018, vol. 143, 253-275.

Sarracino, F. and Mikucka, M. "Consume More, Work Longer, and Be Unhappy: Possible Social Roots of Economic Crisis?", Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2018.

Sarracino, F. Book review of: Koutsobinas, Theodore.: The political economy of status: Superstars, markets and culture change. 264pp. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2014., Journal of Economics, 2018.

Mikucka, M., Sarracino, F., and Joshua K. Dubrow "When does economic growth improve life satisfaction? Multilevel analysis of the roles of social trust and income inequality in 46 countries, 1981-2012", World Development, 2017, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.01.002;

Sarracino, F. and Mikucka, M. "Bias and efficiency loss in regression estimates due to duplicated observations: a Monte Carlo simulation", Survey Research Methods, vol. 11, n. 1, 2017.

Sarracino, F., Riillo, C.F.A., and Mikucka, M. "Comparability of web and telephone surveys for the measurement of subjective well-being", Survey Research Methods, 2017

Sarracino, F. and Mikucka, M. "Social capital in Europe from 1990 to 2012: trends and convergence". Social Indicators Research, 2017, vol. 131, pp. 407-432, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1255-z;

Sabatini, F., and Sarracino, F. "Online networks and subjective well-being", Kyklos, vol. 70, n. 3, pp. 456-480, 2017, DOI: 10.1111/kykl.12145;

Bartolini, S. and Sarracino, F. "Twenty-five year of materialism: do the US and Europe diverge?". Social Indicators Research, 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1381-7;

Peroni, C., Riillo, C. and Sarracino, F. "Entrepreneurship and immigration: evidence from GEM Luxembourg". Small Business Economics, 2016, 10.1007/s11187-016-9708-y;

Bartolini, S., Mikucka, M. and Sarracino, F. "Money, trust and happiness in Transition countries: evidence from time-series". Social Indicators Research, 2015, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-015-1130-3;

Bartolini, S. and Sarracino, F. "The dark side of Chinese growth: declining social capital and well-being in times of economic boom". World Development, 2015, vol. 74, pp. 333 - 351;

Bartolini, S. and F. Sarracino. "Happy for how long? How social capital and GDP relate to happiness over time". Ecological Economics, 2014, vol. 108, pp. 242 - 256;

Bartolini, S., Bonatti, L. and Sarracino, F. "The great recession and the bulimia of U.S. consumers: deep causes and possible ways out". Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, vol. 38, n. 5, pp. 1015 - 1042;

Sarracino, F. "L'errore di Groucho Marx: suggerimenti per la felicità dalla scienza triste". Il Ponte, LXIX, n. 1, Firenze, January 2013.

Sarracino, F. "All that glitters ain't gold!", Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2013, vol. 72, pp. 120 - 148, DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.02.010;

Sarracino, F. "Richer in money, poorer in relationship and unhappy? Time-series comparisons of social capital and well-being in Luxembourg", Social Indicators Research, 2013, vol. 115, n. 2, pp. 561–622, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0223-5;

Sarracino, F. "Determinants of subjective well-being in high and low income countries: do happiness equations differ across countries?", Journal of Socio-Economics, 2013, Volume 42, Pages 51–66, DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2012.11.006;

Bartolini, S., E. Bilancini and F. Sarracino. "Predicting the trend of well-being in Germany: how much do comparisons, adaptation and sociability matters", Social Indicators Research, 2012, Vol. 114, n. 2, pp. 169-191, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0142-5;

Sarracino, F. "Money, sociability and happiness: are developed countries deemed to social erosion and unhappiness? Time-series analysis of social capital and subjective well-being in western Europe, Australia, Canada and Japan". Social Indicators Research, 2012, Volume 109, Issue 2, pp 135-188, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-011-9898-2;

Sarracino, F. "Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being trends: Evidence from 11 western European countries". Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 39, n. 4, August 2010;

Sarracino, F. "Subjective Well-being in Low Income Countries: positional, relational and social capital components". Studi e Note di Economia, fascicolo n.3, 2008.

Books

Sarracino F. and Mikucka, M. "Beyond Money: social roots of health and well-being", Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, USA, 2014.

(read the preface)

Sarracino F. "The Happiness Compass: Theories, Actions and Perspectives for Well-Being", Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, USA, 2013.

(read the preface)

Sarracino F. "Social capital, economic growth and well-being”, Premio “Città di Firenze", Firenze University Press, e-ISBN: 978-88-6655-277-2, 2012 (Download the thesis here: Dissertation_Download).

Book Chapters

Sarracino, F. and O' Connor, K.J. "Economic growth and well-being beyond the Easterlin paradox", in L. Bruni, D. De Rosa and A. Smerigli (eds.), A Modern Guide to the Economics of Happiness, 162-189, 2021.

Sarracino, F., "When does economic growth improve well-being?", in Mariano Rojas (ed.), The Economics of Happiness: How the Easterlin Paradox transformed our understanding of well-being and progress, 355-371, 2018.

Sarracino, F., "Quality of life in Luxembourg: key results from the PIBien-être project", in Nathalies Georges and Robert Urbé (eds.), Sozialalmanach Schwéierpunkt: D’sozial Kohesioun um Spill?, 227-250, 2018.

Bartolini S., Bilancini E., and Sarracino F. "Social capital predicts happiness: world-wide evidence from time series", in Stefano Bartolini, L. Bruni and P. Porta (eds.) Policies for Happiness, Oxford University Press, 2016;

Mikucka, M. and Sarracino, F. "Trends of social capital in 30 European countries: measuring changes in social capital across countries between 1990 and 2008", in F. Sarracino and M. Mikucka, editors, Beyond Money: social roots of health and well-being, chapter 12, Nova Science Publishers, 2014.

Sarracino F. and Bartolini, S. "Are stressful jobs the price to pay for economic prosperity", in F. Sarracino, editor, The happiness compass: theories, actions and perspectives for well-being, chapter 9, Nova Science Publishers, 2013;

Sarracino F. "Fiducia, partecipazione, senso civico: la felicità al di là del denaro", in F.Sarracino and Mondo Comunità e Famiglia, Miniguida ad un’economia felice, chapter 6, Editrice Monti, Saronno (VA), Italy, 2013;

Sarracino F. "The sad science turns happy! Social capital, economic growth and well-being", in C. Douglas Johnson, editor, Social capital: theory, measurement and outcomes, chapter 13, Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

Encyclopedia

"Easterlin paradox" in: Frederick F. Wherry & Juliet B. Schor (Eds.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society. SAGE Publications Inc., Thousand Oaks, 2015.

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