| Description |
xviii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-240) and index. |
| Contents |
The economics of happiness -- The happiness and income debate: substance, methodology, and the Easterlin paradox -- The determinants of happiness around the world -- Does happiness matter? -- Happiness and health across countries and cultures -- Economic growth, crises, inequality, and more -- Adapting to good and bad fortune: how friends, freedom, crime, and corruption affect happiness -- Happiness around the world: lessons, and questions, for policy. |
| Summary |
This text reviews the theory and concepts of happiness, explaining how these concepts underpin a line of research which is both an attempt to understand the determinants of happiness and a tool for understanding the effects of a host of phenomena on human well being. |
| Subject |
Economics -- Psychological aspects.
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Happiness -- Economic aspects.
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Quality of life.
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Well-being.
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| ISBN |
9780199549054 alkaline paper |
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0199549052 alkaline paper |
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