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Happiness Quantified
A Satisfaction Calculus Approach
Revised Edition
Bernard M. S. van Praag and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
392 pages
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24 figures and 140 tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-922614-6
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Paperback
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27 December 2007
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- Written by Bernard Van Praag, a pioneer in the field of measuring well-being since 1971
- Presents a methodology for analysing satisfaction with a number of applications within public policy
- Interdisciplinary text which draws on literature from psychology, political science, sociology, and economics
New to this edition - Paperback edition updated to take account of new research in poverty
- Literature review updated to take account of new literature in the field
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.Readership: Academics and students in economics, sociology, and other social sciences concerned with the study of happiness and personal income in particular.
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Bernard M. S. van Praag, University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and SCHOLAR, and Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute and AIAS
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"Unlike other books that were published on this same topic before it, Hapiness Quantified is jam-packed with statistical theories, econometric models, policy applications, and not to mention a whole lot of numbers." - Journal of Economic Literature "...provides a very good quantitative overview and a significant methodological contribution on what can be done with subjective well-being data in the economics disclipline." - Journal of Economic Literature "Happiness Quantified does what it promises: Provides excellent quantitative analysis on happiness research, and thus provides an important contribution to the literature." - The Journal of Economic Inequality "Simultaneously
an authoritative and readable introduction to happiness economics for the novice and a treasure trove for all scholars in this field...refreshing" - Economica
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1: Introduction
2: The Analysis of Income Satisfaction with an Application to Family Equivalence Scales
3: Domain Satisfactions
4: The Aggregation of Satisfactions: General Satisfaction as an Aggregate
5: Political Satisfaction
6: Males, Females, and Households
7: The Impact on Past and Future on Present Satisfaction
8: The Influence of the Reference Group on our Norms
9: Health and Subjective Well-being
10: The Effects of Climate on Welfare and Well-being: External Effects
11: How to Find Compensations for Aircraft Noise Nuisance
12: Taxation and Well-being
13: Subjective Income Inequalities
14: A generalized approach to subjective inequalities
15: Poverty
16: Epilogue
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