Living Standards and Social Well-Being

ISBN-13: 9780415657952 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str.

Deborah M. Figart; John Marangos

Opis

The chapters in this volume examine how economies across the globe come to understand what constitutes a living and how we can improve living standards, including balancing paid work with family life and civic responsibility.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Living Standards and Social Well-Being Deborah M. Figart and John Marangos  2. Consumption, Work Hours, and Values in the Writings of John A. Ryan: Is it Possible to Return to the Road Not Taken? Martha A. Starr  3. Overtime Work and Well-Being at Home Lonnie Golden and Barbara Wiens-Tuers  4. Family Friendly Policies: Helping Mothers Make Ends Meet Heather Boushey  5. Basic Income and Productivity in Cognitive Capitalism Stefano Lucarelli and Andrea Fumagalli  6. Living Wage and Optimal Inequality in a Sarkarian Framework Mark Friedman  7. The European Union Enlargement and Well-Being: A Comparative Approach Nikos Astroulakis and John Marangos  8. A Cross-Regional Analysis of Living Standards, with a Focus on Asia Hyun H. Son  9. Social Responsibility for Living Standards: Presidential Address, Association for Social Economics Deborah M. Figart

O autorze

Deborah M. Figart is Professor of Education and Economics at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA. She is a former President of the Association for Social Economics and a widely published scholar on issues related to work and pay. She co-authored Living Wages, Equal Wages (2002).

John Marangos is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the University of Crete, Greece. He is Editor of the Forum for Social Economics, a journal sponsored by the Association for Social Economics, and section editor for the Global Business and Economics Review. Focal points for John’s research include transition economies, international development, and innovative methodologies for teaching economics.