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Measuring Happiness: The Economics of Well-Being
Joachim Weimann
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Description for Measuring Happiness: The Economics of Well-Being
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables. BIC Classification: VSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being. Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life satisfaction? In the West after World War II, happiness seemed inextricably connected to prosperity. Beginning in the 1960s, however, other values began to gain ground: peace, political participation, civil rights, environmentalism. Happiness economics -a somewhat incongruous-sounding branch of what has been called the dismal science -has taken up the puzzle of what makes people happy, conducting elaborate surveys in which people are asked to quantify their satisfaction with life in general. ... Read more
An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being. Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life satisfaction? In the West after World War II, happiness seemed inextricably connected to prosperity. Beginning in the 1960s, however, other values began to gain ground: peace, political participation, civil rights, environmentalism. Happiness economics -a somewhat incongruous-sounding branch of what has been called the dismal science -has taken up the puzzle of what makes people happy, conducting elaborate surveys in which people are asked to quantify their satisfaction with life in general. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
299 g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262529761
SKU
V9780262529761
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About Joachim Weimann
Joachim Weimann is Full Professor of Economic Policy at Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg, and head of MaXlLab, the Magdeburg Laboratory for Experimental Economics. Andreas Knabe is Full Professor and Chair of Public Economics at Otto-von-Guericke-Universat Magdeburg. Ronnie Schoeb is Full Professor of International Public Economies at the School of Business and Economics at Freie Universitat in Berlin.
Reviews for Measuring Happiness: The Economics of Well-Being
Strikes a great balance between the popular and the scientific. It explains a great number of scientific studies very clearly so as to make happiness research extremely accessible to, and enjoyable for, non-economists. For the more scientifically minded, it contains an appendix with an expansion of all the hard-core data. This means that the book reaches a wide audience, from ... Read more