期刊名称：Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
印刷版ISSN：1460-7425
出版年度：2016
卷号：19
期号：2
页码：1-16
DOI：10.18564/jasss.3024
出版社：University of Surrey, Department of Sociology
摘要：This paper presents a semi-quantitative mathematical model of the changes over time in the statistical distribution of well-being of individuals in a society. The model predicts that when individuals overvalue the more socially conspicuous aspects of well-being in their lifestyle choices, then the average well-being of the overall population may experience continuous decline. In addition to tradeoff cost and overvaluation, we identify statistical variation in individuals’ well-being and turnover within the population as key factors driving negative trends. We investigate the influence of the effects of heterogeneity in the population, as well as economic and/or technological progress.
关键词：Well-Being; Conspicuous Consumption; Overvaluation; Tradeoffs; Satisfaction; Social Capital
