"Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have" - Anon

  Dr. Nattavudh Powdthavee  (ณัฐวุฒิ เผ่าทวี)

  Lecturer

  Department of Economics & Related Studies,

  University of York,

  Heslington,

  York,

  YO10 5DD

  Tel: +(44) 07990 815924

Email: np517@york.ac.uk;n_powdthavee@hotmail.com

Research interests

Applied microeconometrics, happiness data, health economics, labour economics, experimental and behavioural economics

I am currently completing a book on happiness:

The Happiness Equation: The Radical Truth Behind Happiness, Wealth, and How We Make Decisions

Forthcoming from Icon Books, UK (August, 2010)

You can download my complete CV here (updated 5/1/2010)

Date of Birth

31st of August, 1978

Nationality

Thai, with Permanent Residence status in the UK

Education

2001-2005    PhD in Economics, The University of Warwick, UK

                        Thesis title: "Essays on the Use of Subjective Well-Being Data in Economic 

                         Analysis: An Empirical Study Using Developed and Developing Countries

                         Data" (download PDF)

                         Supervisors: Professor Andrew Oswald and Dr Jeff Round 

2000-2001    MSc in Economics, The University of Warwick, UK

1997-2000    BSc in Economics and Management, Brunel University, UK

1993-1997    St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Kent, UK

Pre-1993       Vajiravudh College, Bangkok, Thailand

Employment

2008-               Lecturer, Department of Economics 

                           and Related Studies, University of York

2005-2008      Research officer, Centre for Economics of

                           Education, The Institute of 

                           Education, University of London 

2002-2005     Teaching Assistant, Department of

                           Economics, The University of Warwick