Does Art Make Us Happy?

Bruno Frey

Chapter Chapter 16 in Economics of Art and Culture, 2019, pp 131-134 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Empirical evidence reveals that artists are happier than similar other people, and that participation in cultural activities raises life satisfaction. It may be that the causation runs in the opposite direction, namely that happy people become artists, and that they attend more cultural occasions. However, there are strong indications that this reverse effect is not dominant and that art indeed makes artists and consumers happy.

Keywords: Artists; Participation in cultural activities; Life satisfaction; Unhappy artist; Measuring happiness; Attendance; Leisure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15748-7_16

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