World Economic Forum: Can money buy you happiness? It depends on how you spend it
Money can buy happiness when spending fits our personality, finds study by University of Cambridge researchers based on 77,000 real bank spending transactions. People who spent more money on purchases which matched their personality were happier, found the study co-authored…
The Washington Post: Money can buy happiness – if you know how to use it
A new study from University of Cambridge looked at almost 77,000 transactions of 625 participants and found that people who spent more on purchases that matched their personality were happiest. The study was co-authored by Cambridge Judge’s Joe Gladstone and…
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: News
Sandra Matz, a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge’s Psychology Department, discusses the new study that says that money can buy you happiness if spending fits your personality. The study was authored by Sandra, Joe Gladstone, a Research Associate…
CNBC: Study: Money does buy happiness
New research based on 77,000 real bank spending transactions finds that money can buy happiness when spending fits our personality. The study was co-authored by David Stillwell and Joe Gladstone at Cambridge Judge Business School and Sandra Matz at the…
The Independent: Money could buy you happiness if the item matches your personality
A new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School and the University of Cambridge’s Psychology Department says that money can buy you happiness. After looking at 77,000 bank transactions the study found people who spent more money on purchases which…
ITV News: Study finds money can buy you happiness
Money can buy happiness when spending fits our personality, finds study by University of Cambridge researchers based on 77,000 real bank spending transactions. David Stillwell, one of the study’s co-authors, discusses what makes people happy in an ITV video (first…
The Telegraph: Money CAN buy happiness – if you spend in the right way
A new study from University of Cambridge looked at almost 77,000 transactions of 625 participants and found that people who spent more on purchases that matched their personality were happiest. The study was authored by Sandra Matz, a PhD candidate…
HR Magazine: Can software profile people better than HR?
Rob Gray investigates how software and digital data can be used in HR, i.e. for screening job applications. The article mentions a study by Dr David Stillwell, University Lecturer in Big Data Analytics & Quantitative Social Science at Cambridge Judge.…
Why Facebook knows you better than your mum
Who do you reckon knows you best? Your friends? Your children? Work colleagues? Turns out it's none of these. It's not even your mum. Because even she doesn't know all your little ways quite as well as… Facebook. It's true.…
Cambridge TV: Big data
Data selection from many outlets can have a big impact in our daily lives. David Stillwell, University Lecturer in Big Data Analytics & Quantitative Social Science at Cambridge Judge, discusses what data such as Facebook “likes” can tell about the…