The pursuit of happiness [electronic resource] : an economy of well-being / Carol Graham.
Material type: TextSeries: Brookings focus booksPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011Description: xi, 164 p. : illISBN: 9780815724391 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Economics -- Psychological aspects | Happiness | Quality of life | UncertaintyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 330.01/9 LOC classification: HB74.P8 | G733 2011Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Happiness : a new science -- What we mean by happiness : a "theory" of agency and well-being -- Happiness around the world : what we know -- Adaptation and other puzzles -- GNH versus GNP?.
"Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of factors such as commuting time, divorce, job status, and obesity"--Provided by publisher.
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