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

• Autore: Weimann Joachim <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2015]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Quality of life - Economic aspects; Well-being - Economic aspects; Happiness - Economic aspects; Money - Psychological aspects; Wealth - Psychological aspects; Economics - Psychological aspects
• Persona (resp. second.): KnabeAndreas; SchöbRonnie
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Measuring happiness
• ISBN: 9780262323727; 0262323729; 9780262529761; 0262529769; 9780262323710; 0262323710
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972527303321
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