The pursuit of happiness

Graham, Carol, 1962-

The pursuit of happiness an economy of well-being / [electronic resource] : Carol Graham. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011. - xi, 164 p. : ill. - A Brookings focus book . - Brookings focus books. .

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.
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Economics--Psychological aspects.
Happiness.
Quality of life.
Uncertainty.


Electronic books.

HB74.P8 / G733 2011eb

330.01/9