Measuring happiness : the economics of well-being / Joachim Weimann, Andreas Knabe, and Ronnie Schöb.
نوع المادة :
نصاللغة: الإنجليزية اللغة الأصلية:الألمانية الناشر:Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2015وصف:x, 212 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780262028448
- 0262028441
- 9780262529761
- 0262529769
- Geld macht doch glücklich. English
- HN25 .W4313 2015
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | HN25 .W4313 2015 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000045206 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The economics of happiness and its most important results : The end of materialism? -- Economists' way of thinking: "more is better than less" -- The Easterlin attack -- If money doesn't make us happy, what then? -- The economic determinants of happiness -- What is to be done if money doesn't make us happy? -- II. What is happiness research telling us? : Are we measuring correctly? -- How much truth is there in the Easterlin Paradox? -- Unemployed and happy?! -- The importance of relative position -- Conclusion.
Text in English.
The authors examine the evolution of happiness research, considering the famous "Easterlin Paradox," which found that people's average life satisfaction didn't seem to depend on their income. But they question whether happiness research can measure what needs to be measured.
