Happiness Quantified: A Satisfaction Calculus Approach

di Bernard M. S. van Praag (Autore)

Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell (Autore)

Oxford University Press, 2007

How do we measure happiness? Focusing on subjective measures as a proxy for welfare and well-being, this book finds ways to do that. Subjective measures have been used by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and, more recently, economists to answer a variety of scientifically and politically relevant questions. Van Praag, a pioneer in this field since 1971, and Ferrer-i-Carbonell present in this book a generally applicable methodology for the analysis of subjective satisfaction. Drawing on a range of surveys on people's satisfaction with their jobs, income, housing, marriages, and government policy, among other areas of life, this book shows how satisfaction with life "as a whole" is an aggregate of these domain satisfactions. Using German, British, Dutch, and Russian data, the authors cover a wide range of topics. This groundbreaking book presents a new and fruitful methodology that constitutes a welcome addition to the social sciences. The paperback edition has been revised to bring the literature review up-to-date and the chapter on poverty has been revised and extended to take account of new research.

• Autore: Bernard M. S. van Praag, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 392 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 602 gr.
• EAN: 9780199226146

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