Richard A. Easterlin
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Richard A. Easterlin is an American economist best known for formulating the "Easterlin Paradox," which explores the relationship between income and happiness.
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| Richard A. Easterlin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard A. Easterlin Context triple: [Corpus, hasNotableAlumni, Richard A. Easterlin]
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Karl E. Case
Karl E. Case was an American economist best known for co-developing the widely used Case-Shiller Home Price Index that tracks U.S. residential real estate prices.
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Robert J. Hodrick
Robert J. Hodrick is an American economist best known for his work in macroeconomics and finance, including the development of the Hodrick–Prescott filter used to analyze business cycles.
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C.
Alvin Hansen
Alvin Hansen was an influential American economist, often called the "American Keynes," known for popularizing Keynesian economics in the United States and contributing to modern macroeconomic theory.
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D.
Simon Kuznets
Simon Kuznets was a Nobel Prize–winning economist best known for his work on economic growth, national income accounting, and the formulation of the Kuznets curve.
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E.
Gary Becker
Gary Becker was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for applying economic analysis to a wide range of human behaviors, including crime, discrimination, and family decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard A. Easterlin Target entity description: Richard A. Easterlin is an American economist best known for formulating the "Easterlin Paradox," which explores the relationship between income and happiness.
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A.
Karl E. Case
Karl E. Case was an American economist best known for co-developing the widely used Case-Shiller Home Price Index that tracks U.S. residential real estate prices.
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B.
Robert J. Hodrick
Robert J. Hodrick is an American economist best known for his work in macroeconomics and finance, including the development of the Hodrick–Prescott filter used to analyze business cycles.
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C.
Alvin Hansen
Alvin Hansen was an influential American economist, often called the "American Keynes," known for popularizing Keynesian economics in the United States and contributing to modern macroeconomic theory.
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D.
Simon Kuznets
Simon Kuznets was a Nobel Prize–winning economist best known for his work on economic growth, national income accounting, and the formulation of the Kuznets curve.
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E.
Gary Becker
Gary Becker was an influential American economist and Nobel laureate known for applying economic analysis to a wide range of human behaviors, including crime, discrimination, and family decisions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American economist
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economic concept ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| employer | University of Southern California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Easterlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
demography
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economic history ⓘ economics ⓘ happiness economics ⓘ |
| givenName | Richard ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
policy debates on economic growth and well-being
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research in happiness economics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Easterlin paradox
NERFINISHED
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research on the relationship between income and happiness ⓘ work on population and economic growth ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | relationship between income and happiness ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Economic Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Richard A. Easterlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Richard A. Easterlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | United States of America ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Easterlin paradox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
papers on income and happiness
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studies on population and economic growth ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of economics ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
economic development
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population economics ⓘ subjective well-being ⓘ |
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