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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972527303321

Autore

Weimann Joachim <1956->

Titolo

Measuring happiness : the economics of well-being / / Joachim Weimann, Andreas Knabe, and Ronnie Schòˆb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]

ISBN

9780262323727

0262323729

9780262529761

0262529769

9780262323710

0262323710

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Quality of life - Economic aspects

Well-being - Economic aspects

Happiness - Economic aspects

Money - Psychological aspects

Wealth - Psychological aspects

Economics - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; I The Economics of Happiness and Its Most Important Results; 1 The End of Materialism?; 2 Economists' Way of Thinking: "More Is Better Than Less"; 3 The Easterlin Attack; 4 If Money Doesn't Make Us Happy, What Then?; 5 The Economic Determinants of Happiness; 6 What Is to Be Done If Money Doesn't Make Us Happy?; II What Is Happiness Research Telling Us?; 7 Are We Measuring Correctly?; 8 How Much Truth Is There in the Easterlin Paradox?; 9 Unemployed and Happy?!; 10 The Importance of Relative Position; 11 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being.