Detalls del llibre
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.
- Enquadernació Tapa tova
- Autors Bernard M.S. Van Praag, Ada Ferrer i Carbonell
- ISBN13 9780199226146
- ISBN10 0199226148
- Pàgines 392
- Any Edició 2007
- Fecha de publicación 27/12/2007
- Idioma Anglès
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Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach (Anglès)
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- Bernard M.S. Van Praag, Ada Ferrer i Carbonell
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- Oxford University Press (2007)
- 9780199226146



