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HAPPINESS QUANTIFIED
A SATISFACTION CALCULUS APPROACH |
| By: |
Bernard M. S. van Praag, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£38.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0199226148 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780199226146 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
27 December, 2007 |
| Edition: |
Revised edition |
| Pages: |
392 |
| Description: |
How do we measure happiness? This important book presents a unified approach to the analysis of subjective satisfaction and income evaluation. Drawing on empirical analyses from various countries, it develops new methodology to establish a model of happiness which includes satisfaction with life as a whole and with various domains of life. |
| Synopsis: |
How do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being, this book finds ways to do that. Subjective measures have been used by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and, more recently, economists to answer a variety of scientifically and politically relevant questions. Van Praag, a pioneer in this field since 1971, and Ferrer-i-Carbonell present in this book a generally applicable methodology for the analysis of subjective satisfaction. Drawing on a range of surveys on people's satisfaction with their jobs, income, housing, marriages, and government policy, among other areas of life, this book shows how satisfaction with life "as a whole" is an aggregate of these domain satisfactions. Using German, British, Dutch, and Russian data, the authors cover a wide range of topics. This groundbreaking book presents a new and fruitful methodology that constitutes a welcome addition to the social sciences. The paperback edition has been revised to bring the literature review up-to-date and the chapter on poverty has been revised and extended to take account of new research. |
| Illustrations: |
24 figures and 140 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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