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The pursuit of happiness

by Graham, Carol,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Series: A Brookings focus book Published by : Brookings Institution Press, (Washington, D.C. :) Physical details: xi, 164 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Economics -- Psychological aspects. | Happiness. | Quality of life. | Uncertainty. | Electronic books.
Year: 2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Happiness : a new science -- What we mean by happiness : a "theory" of agency and well-being -- Happiness around the world : what we know -- Adaptation and other puzzles -- GNH versus GNP?.

"Focuses on the role in the policymaking process of new metrics for measuring the effects on individual well-being of institutional, macroeconomic, and policy environments--for example, the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty and lack of access to health insurance--as well as the effects of factors such as commuting time, divorce, job status, and obesity"--Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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