Hal Hershfield
Hal Hershfield is a researcher and first author of the 2016 Social Psychological and Personality Science paper on choosing time over money.
Who they are
The work of Hal Hershfield reaches this site through the paper listed below. The name is tied to Preference for Money over Time. Their paper reports: Most participants preferred money to time; those who chose time reported higher happiness, including after accounting for existing money levels.
Key papers
Hershfield, H. E., Mogilner, C., & Barnea, U. (2016). People who choose time over money are happier. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(7), 697-706. What it reports: Most participants preferred money to time; those who chose time reported higher happiness, including after accounting for existing money levels. Further studies explore why people choose as they do and whether choosing time causes greater happiness.
Key ideas
Preference for Money over Time: The finding that most people, given a choice, prefer more money to more time.
Sources
- Hershfield, H. E., Mogilner, C., & Barnea, U. (2016). People who choose time over money are happier. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(7), 697-706.