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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968585203321

Autore

Frey Bruno S

Titolo

Happiness : a revolution in economics / / Bruno S. Frey, in collaboration with Alois Stutzer ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

9786612100161

9780262260725

0262260727

9781282100169

1282100165

9780262273213

0262273217

9781435647886

1435647882

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 240 p.) : ill

Collana

Munich lectures in economics

Disciplina

330.01

Soggetti

Happiness - Economic aspects

Economics - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-236) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Series foreword -- Preface -- Major developments -- Research on happiness -- The relationship of happiness to utility -- How income affects happiness -- How unemployment affects happiness -- How inflation and inequality affect happiness -- Pushing ahead -- The public sphere -- Self-employment and voluntary work -- Marriage and happiness -- Watching television -- Procedural utility -- Mispredicting utility -- The value of public goods -- Policy consequences -- Happiness policies -- Happiness and political institutions -- A revolution in economics -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this text a leading economist discusses the potential of happiness research (the qualification of well-being) to answer important questions that standard economics methods are unable to analyze. Emphasizing empirical evidence rather than theoretical conjectures, Frey



substantiates the need for happiness research.