Years of Good Life

My latest paper is a collaboration with many scholars worldwide. The paper explores how various indicators (GDP, material consumption, etc.) correlate to “years of good life,” or YoGL. The paper finds “saturation curves” for most indicators, meaning that indicator increases help YoGL up to a certain point. Thereafter, little benefit is gained.

The paper can be found at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2026.109292.