In this volume, the authors explain the reasons why subjective indicators of well-being are needed. They describe how these indicators can offer useful input and provide examples of policy uses of well-being measures. The book then delves into objections to the use of subjective well-being indicators for policy purposes and discusses why these objections are not warranted. Finally, the book contains answers pertaining to the measures that are currently in use and describes the types of measures that are most likely to be valuable in the policy domain. At the most ambitious, even...
In this volume, the authors explain the reasons why subjective indicators of well-being are needed. They describe how these indicators can offer usefu...
This book draws together the latest work from scholars around the world using subjective well-being data to understand and compare well-being across countries and cultures. Starting from many different vantage points, the authors reached a consensus that many measures of subjective well-being, ranging from life evaluations through emotional states, based on memories and current evaluations, merit broader collection and analysis. Using data from the Gallup World Poll, the World Values Survey, and other internationally comparable surveys, the authors document wide divergences among countries in...
This book draws together the latest work from scholars around the world using subjective well-being data to understand and compare well-being across c...
Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world's leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present thinking of the causes and consequences of happiness and redefines our modern notions of happiness.
shares the results of three decades of research on our notions of happiness
covers the most important advances in our understanding of happiness
offers readers unparalleled access to the world's leading experts on happiness
provides -real world- examples that will resonate with general readers as well as...
Utilizing sophisticated methodology and three decades of research by the world's leading expert on happiness, Happiness challenges the present ...