John Ifcher

TL;DR: This article conducted a random-assignment experiment to investigate whether positive affect impacts time preference, where time preference denotes a preference for present over future utility, and found that mild positive affect significantly reduced subjects' time preference.

TL;DR: This article studied the impact of the earned income tax credit (EITC) on various measures of subjective well-being (SWB) using the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) to estimate intent-to-treat effects of the EITC expansion embedded in the 1990 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.

TL;DR: This paper investigated whether overconfidence is impacted by incidental mild positive affect, or incidental mild negative affects (anger, fear, and sadness) and found consistent evidence of neither anger, fear nor sadness's effect on overconfidence; the lack of a result is attributable either to a genuine lack of relationship between these affects and overconfidence or to confounded mood-inducements.

TL;DR: This paper examined parents' and non-parents' happiness-trends using the General Social Survey (GSS) and DDB Lifestyle Survey (DDBLifestyle Survey).